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South Africa tour of England 2012
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From: wizzy on 17th July 2012 10:35 AM [Full View]
at last
update OP with supporters list..P_R/PS on Eng side and the rest on Proteas side 
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From: ajaybaskar on 17th July 2012 10:49 AM [Full View]
Steyn will rip them apart.
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From: VTV on 17th July 2012 10:50 AM [Full View]
'Nera Attavanai' pls..
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 17th July 2012 10:55 AM [Full View]
Shaun Pollock says South Africa bowlers give them edge over England
• Former captain and all-rounder predicts series could end 2-1
• Lack of preparation a concern for batsmen, he concedes
Shaun Pollock has backed South Africa to displace England at the top of the world Test rankings over the next six weeks, because he feels their bowling attack is slightly superior. But the former Proteas captain and all-rounder concedes that their lack of preparation is a concern, contrary to the insistence of Gary Kirsten, his old international team-mate who is now the head coach.
Kirsten argued that a two-day game against Somerset followed by a three-day fixture against Kent, both of which were rain-affected and neither having been especially intense, had left his players primed for start of the first Test at The Oval on Thursday. But Pollock, who toured England three times and will be covering this series as part of the Sky commentary team, said: "It is a bit of a concern. The test for all the batsmen on a tour of England is the late swinging ball and the ball nipping around off the seam. I don't think it's much of a concern for the bowlers, I think they can prepare wherever. It's just the batsmen and the surface they're going to face."
However Pollock, while admitting bias, was happy to provide the England bowlers with a little extra motivation. "I think South Africa will have the slight edge," he said, backing Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Jacques Kallis and Imran Tahir to carry a greater threat than James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan, assuming he wins the nod as England's third seamer.
"It's a little unfair to analyse it because our guys, I know what they're capable of. Philander's been remarkable – his introduction to Test cricket shows he has the serious skills to perform at the top level so that really does complement Steyn, who's been a real success for so many years.
"Morkel always takes a little bit longer to get into a series than some of the other bowlers but he brings a different dimension with his pace and bounce. Jacques – we all know what he can do – and it's great to have that depth in the bowling and we've got Tahir who is a wicket taking option and can add a bit of guile to wrap up the tail. So I think they've got all the bases covered and I feel they will have the upper hand. With 15 days of sunshine I would back South Africa to win the Test series 2-1."
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 17th July 2012 10:59 AM [Full View]
My prediction also 2-1 in favor of SA.
//LM, Congraz for your marriage
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 17th July 2012 11:15 AM [Full View]
for the thread...The bowling strength between the teams look very even and I am pretty sure it will provide some excellent cricket. But it is wrt the batting that SA fall slightly behind England IMHO. So guess it is advantage England to start off....
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From: VinodKumar's on 17th July 2012 11:21 AM [Full View]
Exactly. I can't take one more series win for England. Proteas ungala en thaai naadu maari support pannuraen jeyichitu vaanga.
Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan
for the thread...The bowling strength between the teams look very even and I am pretty sure it will provide some excellent cricket. But it is wrt the batting that SA fall slightly behind England IMHO. So guess it is advantage England to start off....
Master , oru kurikoloda thaan thread start pannirukinga pola. Back to form.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 17th July 2012 11:24 AM [Full View]
While I want SA to win the series, I feel the task is an arduous one. Let's see.
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From: wizzy on 17th July 2012 11:31 AM [Full View]
Eng 2-0 with a match washed out
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From: littlemaster1982 on 17th July 2012 11:39 AM [Full View]
I've embedded a screenshot from Cricinfo. Guess you couldn't see it. Originally Posted by VTV
'Nera Attavanai' pls..
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From: littlemaster1982 on 17th July 2012 11:41 AM [Full View]
Can't stand these guys being no.1 for this long Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Master , oru kurikoloda thaan thread start pannirukinga pola. Back to form.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 17th July 2012 11:41 AM [Full View]
Thanks P_B
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From: VTV on 17th July 2012 11:44 AM [Full View]
yes master..oppice la irukken.. my bad.. Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
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From: Death Note on 17th July 2012 03:02 PM [Full View]
Predicting 1-1, although want SA to win the series.
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From: ajithfederer on 17th July 2012 06:09 PM [Full View]
(No strategy BS this and something I absolutely believe in)
Hub: Aahn, Nambittom
Coming to matter:
Eng is absolutely tough to beat now and especially in their home. Swann will be very crucial to their campaign and he wasn't around when SA won there last time. Unless there are powerhouse batting performances from SA they will find tough to even draw the series. P_r's dreams are indeed coming true man.
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From: SoftSword on 17th July 2012 06:14 PM [Full View]
pbltns Originally Posted by puliyan_biryani
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From: wizzy on 17th July 2012 06:53 PM [Full View]
hoping for competitive cricket..enough of whitewashes.
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From: ajithfederer on 17th July 2012 10:36 PM [Full View]
And I am all for Ingilaandhu stopping Kallis and keeping his resume hole gaping. Camaan Ingilaandhu
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/572809.html
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From: Plum on 17th July 2012 11:13 PM [Full View]
In-Ger-Land In-Ger-Land In-Ger-Land. ROAARRRRRRR!
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 18th July 2012 07:52 AM [Full View]
//Hey Softie, ennappa panradhu, oru kalyanam vera pannitten, kudumbam peruthu pOchu, naan vathitten Originally Posted by SoftSword
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From: 19thmay on 18th July 2012 10:55 AM [Full View]
Kallis out to complete his CV
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/572809.html
Shut the critics
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From: 19thmay on 18th July 2012 10:57 AM [Full View]
Only 3 tests?
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From: ajithfederer on 18th July 2012 11:38 AM [Full View]
After thorough consideration I am supporting England. I want India (already Pak) to be the side that beat Eng in their prime.
Originally Posted by wizzy
at last update OP with supporters list..P_R/PS on Eng side and the rest on Proteas side
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From: Plum on 18th July 2012 11:38 AM [Full View]
Today's quota:
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
ROOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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From: ajithfederer on 18th July 2012 11:40 AM [Full View]
Irundhaalum Then aaprikkavirkku ennudaya wishes. Go and beat england.
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From: ajithfederer on 18th July 2012 11:44 AM [Full View]
Localites from england anybody???. What's the forecast at Oval tomorrow?.
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From: wizzy on 18th July 2012 12:09 PM [Full View]
already Kallis is talking about pressure that goes into a big series..we know how the Proteas would react Originally Posted by 19thmay
Kallis out to complete his CV
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/572809.html
Shut the critics
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From: wizzy on 18th July 2012 12:14 PM [Full View]
@SimonOKing Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Eng 1st test match at the #oval against SA looks mostly dry, bright & warm. Thurs/Fri - a few showers. Sat/Sun - dry. Mon - rain possible.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 18th July 2012 12:46 PM [Full View]
I just feel Kallis firing in this series would just be an added bonus for SA considering how poor his record is in these conditions. He will find it hard to get past the likes of Anderson and Broad IMHO. I for one will be pleasantly surprised though if he has a good series... Originally Posted by wizzy
already Kallis is talking about pressure that goes into a big series..we know how the Proteas would react
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From: Plum on 18th July 2012 02:06 PM [Full View]
Peerless English* bowling attack
An exceptional bunch of fast bowlers is enjoying close study of the strengths and weaknesses of South Africa's batsmenFrom Graeme Smith at the top of the opposing order, to Imran Tahir, who is likely to prop it up at the other end, they will run through the reams of information, garnered from footage, analysis of Hawk-Eye data, personal observation, pooling of ideas from the bowlers themselves and knowledge of the local conditions.The depth of England talent, though, is surely matchless and something seen elsewhere only in the glory years of West Indies
Be Afraid, Saffa supporters, be very afraid.
* Purely English. No traces of South African impurities.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 18th July 2012 02:33 PM [Full View]
ShabbaThe depth of England talent, though, is surely matchless and something seen elsewhere only in the glory years of West Indies.
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From: wizzy on 18th July 2012 02:33 PM [Full View]
If Kallis fires in bowling Saffers might be able to match Eng in bowling but their lower order batting got only hacks in Steyn/Morkel/Philander which pales in comparison with Bresnan/Broad/Swann.
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From: mgb on 18th July 2012 03:46 PM [Full View]
how i wish SA whitewashing Brits
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From: SoftSword on 18th July 2012 03:55 PM [Full View]
england is seeing worse summer this year... boots maatti nemba naal aachi..
mostly light rains for the past few weeks... and the weather prediction also is lying nowadays...
so neraya delays, breaks irukkum indha season.
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From: P_R on 19th July 2012 11:17 AM [Full View]
+1... Originally Posted by wizzy
Eng 2-0 with a match washed out
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 11:40 AM [Full View]
Saffers haven't lost a away series after SL routed them 2-0 in '06..commendable record
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/southa...id=3;type=team
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From: skr on 19th July 2012 01:36 PM [Full View]
Expecting a very competitive series and feel Eng will just scrape through 1 zip..
Oval has always been a batting paradise and expecting that to continue..
Captain Smithie to score a ton in his century test..
1st test Draw for sure.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 19th July 2012 03:05 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by wizzy
Eng 2-0 with a match washed out
The test in Oval would suit SA better than ingleend, it is predicted to be warm and sunny for the next five days!
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From: ajithfederer on 19th July 2012 03:13 PM [Full View]
Aus were the only side to constantly humiliate them since 1993/94 Kepler Wessels handing over to Cronje days. They were whitewashed 3-0 at home by Aus in 2006. Sad that kind of a team is no more. SA are still to win a test series in home against Aus for 20 years as a row.
Also India's better home record was only challenged mostly by the SA's. 1-1 both at 2008 and at 2010 and we were defeated at home in the 2000 Match-fixing series. Aus mostly lost here and won only once in 6 attempts in 2004 thanks to Chennai rain washed test match(96/98/2001/04/08 and 2010)
Originally Posted by wizzy
Saffers haven't lost a away series after SL routed them 2-0 in '06..commendable record
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/southa...id=3;type=team
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From: scorpio on 19th July 2012 03:28 PM [Full View]
England wins the toss and will bat first!
Mazhai, pitch coverednnu solraanga, fast bowlerskku assist paNNumaa?
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From: scorpio on 19th July 2012 03:29 PM [Full View]
oh no....lucky mascot Bresnan in the team
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From: ajithfederer on 19th July 2012 03:37 PM [Full View]
England 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson
South Africa 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Alviro Petersen, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers (wk), 6 Jacques Rudolph, 7 JP Duminy, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 19th July 2012 03:38 PM [Full View]
perusa mazhai onnum illa, summa thooral thaan, but if the pitch is slightly damp, it will assist fast bowlers! Originally Posted by scorpio
Mazhai, pitch coverednnu solraanga, fast bowlerskku assist paNNumaa?
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From: ajithfederer on 19th July 2012 03:41 PM [Full View]
11.10am: "As a Saffer, I see this as a test between South Africa vs The Commonwealth. How many actual Brits are in the England team?" wonders Rob, who's obviously thinks Imran Tahir was born in Durban.
PR
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From: P_R on 19th July 2012 03:44 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 03:49 PM [Full View]
DRS
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From: scorpio on 19th July 2012 03:51 PM [Full View]
aahaa...arumai...arpudham....Morkel & Smithy
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 19th July 2012 03:51 PM [Full View]
Fee yaar
ippO enna seiveenga ippO enna seiveenga
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From: SoftSword on 19th July 2012 03:53 PM [Full View]
happy married life Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
//Hey Softie, ennappa panradhu, oru kalyanam vera pannitten, kudumbam peruthu pOchu, naan vathitten.//
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From: scorpio on 19th July 2012 03:53 PM [Full View]
PS - Whom are you supporting this time?
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 04:06 PM [Full View]
TMS predicting pitch will turn square..Swann in day 4/5
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 19th July 2012 04:33 PM [Full View]
SA Of course! Originally Posted by scorpio
PS - Whom are you supporting this time?
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From: P_R on 19th July 2012 05:08 PM [Full View]
Trott, Cook - appadiyE kaalai neetti paduththukka raja
Karagattakkaran
Shanmugasundaram : vaNdiyai medhuvA Ottittu pOnga
Senthil: neenga sonnAlum sollAttiyum appadi thaan pOgum
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From: P_R on 19th July 2012 05:27 PM [Full View]
Cook six off Steyn
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From: skr on 19th July 2012 05:56 PM [Full View]
Cook and Trott rock solid as usual.
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 06:43 PM [Full View]
pliss to reconsider..Eng needs you Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
SA Of course!
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 19th July 2012 07:20 PM [Full View]
Wizzy Originally Posted by wizzy
pliss to reconsider..Eng needs you
2 b honest, I dont support any team, It is just that I get annoyed with English media about any kind of English sport, hence my Jinx !
( you should hear about G4S security issue for London 2012, NijamavE Mudiyala
)
Thanks to Elizabeth that cricket is NOT included in the olympic!
vEra onnum illa
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From: P_R on 19th July 2012 08:15 PM [Full View]
லிட்டர் லிட்டரா மனப்பால் குடிச்சவங்க எல்லாரும் லைன் கட்டி நிக்கணும் ஜக்கம்மா
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 08:15 PM [Full View]
^unga power ungalukae theriyala
Trott/Cook..kanna veri kannayans
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 19th July 2012 08:27 PM [Full View]
Excellent batting conditions and Trott n Cook grinding it out. It wont be surprising if both get to their hundreds.
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 08:54 PM [Full View]
miracle
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 19th July 2012 09:03 PM [Full View]
No Excellent bowling Originally Posted by wizzy
miracle
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From: Plum on 19th July 2012 10:28 PM [Full View]
Today's Quote:
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!
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From: SoftSword on 19th July 2012 10:30 PM [Full View]
scheduled script?
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 10:32 PM [Full View]
Andy Flower would be proud of that shot..KP
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From: Plum on 19th July 2012 10:37 PM [Full View]
Faramu supports South Africa. In practical terms, this is what they call a last nail in the coffin for thennAppirikkA
Faramu - thennAppirikkA mElayum kola veRiyA?
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 19th July 2012 10:57 PM [Full View]
Thanks Softie.
Come on you Saffas, lets take 1 more before the end of play.
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From: Plum on 19th July 2012 10:59 PM [Full View]
Fuli - aduthtu varuvadhu Bopara, Bresnan, Broad, Prior , Swann , rappichaikaara.sorry nightwatchman Anderson - nIInga evLO wicket eduthA enna? In Ger Land has 11 heroes who will pulverise old, infirm thennAppirikkA.
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 11:03 PM [Full View]
500+ confirmed...flashback http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/474475.html Amit Mishra almost got 2 50s
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From: Plum on 19th July 2012 11:05 PM [Full View]
Steyn - over hyped and under cooked. COntinues his miserable England form
Morkel - early cashing in on his only cheque for the tour(One inning shwere he performs decently)> So Saffa have lost the chance for it to happen in a good innings for them
Vernon Who?
Imran Tayir -
Kallis - odd wicket as usual
This is epic fail for Saffa. Summit losers as usual.
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 11:26 PM [Full View]
Saffers didn't bowl poorly...pitch as flat as SSC..punting on draw.
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From: P_R on 19th July 2012 11:30 PM [Full View]
Flat pitch eh?
Anderson, Broad - note paNNungappA. Kamaan.
I repeat - raththam varaNum.
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From: wizzy on 19th July 2012 11:36 PM [Full View]
^TMS has been drumming on pitch being bone dry/gentle bounce...only Swann can enforce a result
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From: Plum on 20th July 2012 09:44 AM [Full View]
Opening with Morkel/Philander? For what dash you have the so called best bowler in the world in your team? If the answer is he averages 31 against left handers in his career so Morkel/phil is better bet against cook/strauss, then for what dash you call Dale the best bowler in the world? And how did Morkel bowl? Rarely made Cook play. About 49 percent of deliveries Cook left in the morning session. VeLangidum. Poor bowling by hyped saffas. Broad/Andharmagan will show how to bowl. Wait and watch. And then you have annappaRavai and freshnan
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 11:08 AM [Full View]
^hindsight is a wonderful thing...Proteas were completely sold on Philander being their best bet with the new ball... even in the last series against NZ/SL it was Steyn/Phil sharing the new ball..Morkel has a wood over Strauss and picking him in the first over actually worked against Proteas as it would mean Steyn had to wait for his turn.
The pitch was a dodo with some 8 deliveries moving off the pitch in the first session..Steyn couldn't get a single delivery to move away from his over the wicket line to Cook.
@ 267/3 I would say the game is only 60-40 in favour of Eng..it would require brainfarts of epic proportions from Protea batters or an epic spell from Swann to force a result in this match.
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From: 19thmay on 20th July 2012 02:21 PM [Full View]
Day-2-a choodu... 300 ullara all out aarainga. Originally Posted by P_R
லிட்டர் லிட்டரா மனப்பால் குடிச்சவங்க எல்லாரும் லைன் கட்டி நிக்கணும் ஜக்கம்மா
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From: 19thmay on 20th July 2012 02:25 PM [Full View]
Logic is simple, Cook leaves all the ball that is going outside off, defends that is closer to off-stump and attacks the straight ball.
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 03:29 PM [Full View]
Kallis mattum Originally Posted by 19thmay
Logic rombae simple thaen..skill is to know where your offstump is..watch ATG/Sehwag in OZ tests for demo
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From: SoftSword on 20th July 2012 03:36 PM [Full View]
thats the basics every coach teaches in england. Originally Posted by 19thmay
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 03:43 PM [Full View]
gun
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From: scorpio on 20th July 2012 03:54 PM [Full View]
Steyn gets another
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 03:59 PM [Full View]
Chavi gets out to a short ball ..must be the genes
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From: 19thmay on 20th July 2012 04:01 PM [Full View]
So which Indian openers knew that? Dravid became God just because we didn have good openers in the past two decades. Originally Posted by wizzy
Kallis mattum
Logic rombae simple thaen..skill is to know where your offstump is..watch ATG/Sehwag in OZ tests for demo
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 04:24 PM [Full View]
@19thmay I pointed out our openers had trouble gauging it which led to their downfall and it isn't as easy as you make it out to be..runmaking is secondary for openers in tests..the main aim is to protect the wickets and your technique is built around it..the art of knowing where your off-stump is tough to master which probably differentiates a good player to a great one.This is akin to saying Mcgrath just runs in and tries/hits top of off ball but to do it ball after ball takes some doing.
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From: ajithfederer on 20th July 2012 04:51 PM [Full View]
Damm even after 6 down you have prior and bresnan batting followed by swann and broad. Eng hold an edge over SA in everything.
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 05:00 PM [Full View]
Morne Morkel is half-wit Isshhant Sharma in disguise..bowling absolute tripe
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From: ajithfederer on 20th July 2012 05:08 PM [Full View]
And both are 6.5 ft
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From: scorpio on 20th July 2012 05:14 PM [Full View]
Bressy out, oru vazhiyaa
Barbie in
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From: ajithfederer on 20th July 2012 05:58 PM [Full View]
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...500/147517.jpg
Must be pretty riled up after the 6, yesterday.
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From: ajithfederer on 20th July 2012 06:33 PM [Full View]
Adi pinran prior. Anything above 400 is curtains to SA.
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From: scorpio on 20th July 2012 06:47 PM [Full View]
Barbie gone, annam comes......pOdhundaa....all out aagi mootaiya kattunga
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 07:43 PM [Full View]
Clouderson..whtya ball
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From: Plum on 20th July 2012 09:10 PM [Full View]
adi koduththa EnglandE 385 all outnA, adi vAngina thennAppirikkA?
Mind-milk kudikkum thennAppirikka supportersku ondru kooRi koLLa vizhaigiREn. Summit clashilE thenNAppirikka vendradhAga sariththiram uNDA? uNDA? uNDA? enavE mind milk kudippadhai vittu vittu, repeat after me
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 09:41 PM [Full View]
Cook deserves much better coverage
There is something of the cockroach about Cook. He is not a pretty batsman and he is not armed with obvious weapons or blessed with great speed. But, like a cockroach, he has adapted to survive. He has flourished in the most hostile environments and seems able to withstand pace, spin, flood and famine. There are times, when he is out of form, when it seems any delivery probing around off stump should be enough to account for him. But, on days like this, it seems he could survive nuclear war. It will be no surprise to wake up the day after the apocalypse and find Cook taking guard and nudging a single off his hips.
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From: Plum on 20th July 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
Cook will beat Tendulkar's run aggregate in Test Cricket and no of 100s in intl cricket. Bradmanukku appuRAm Cook dhAn apdinnu varalARU sollum.
apdiYE oru 60 varusham kazhichu veRUm record mattum PArthuttu Cook was as beautiful to watch as Tendulkarnu assume vERA paNNippAnga.
You read it hre first.
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th July 2012 10:13 PM [Full View]
Prior lam ella matchum adikiraanae.
Stan, Check that Six. Entire stadium laughed at that six (includes cook , trott and steyn).
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From: wizzy on 20th July 2012 11:45 PM [Full View]
Smith is so fugly Amla uses his wrist amazingly well for a guy brought up on one of the fastest wicket in the world.
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From: P_R on 21st July 2012 12:45 AM [Full View]
But the world will only talk about Cook being a grinder, mixie etc. Originally Posted by wizzy
Smith is so fugly
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From: P_R on 21st July 2012 12:50 AM [Full View]
escape aayittAn dA.
Match draw only.
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From: Plum on 21st July 2012 09:23 AM [Full View]
Feeyar - innum konja varusham poRunga.
"Cook, Cook burning bright
leading Three Lion's awesome might
What geometrical miracle
Powers your beautiful spectacle"
apdinnu kavidhai ellAm ezhudhi, Cook is as beautiful as Tendulkar, Lara apdinnu establish paNNiduvOngO una Mike Selvey, Henderson, Rob Smith ellAm.
(ippO Bradman was as good to watch as Sachin or Lara apdinnu oru assumption paNNikarOmla - enna proof? See? oru 60 varusham kazhichu Cook wil also get the same prose in terms of beauty appreication as Schin or Lara. andha generationum record run scored pArthuttu adhai nambum.)
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 21st July 2012 09:33 AM [Full View]
Amla-vum ugly duckling maadhiridhaan aaduvaapla. Originally Posted by wizzy
Smith is so fugly Amla uses his wrist amazingly well for a guy brought up on one of the fastest wicket in the world.
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From: ajithfederer on 21st July 2012 11:09 AM [Full View]
Situation Kevin Pietersen's one-day u-turn
Plot Somewhere in the near future, all cricketers have chips implanted in their heads to make them play with robotic regularity without the worry of fatigue, and to make them talk with mechanical precision without ever sounding like ungrateful wretches. One day, KP's chip gets short-circuited. At first, confused by the change in himself, he begins to flip out, but then on realising what has happened, he decides to reveal his true personality in the hope that other cricketers will join him in rebelling against the chip-inserting overlords. When they don't, he is forced to pretend it was all a programming error and bide his time. The dystopian world in which only one man grasps the truth, and the dehumanised cast of players - Andrew Strauss, MS Dhoni, Jacques Kallis, Shane Watson (no Pakistanis, obviously) - will create a chilling and oppressive environment that the audience won't be able to shake off till at least two more sequels.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/page2/co...ry/573069.html
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From: wizzy on 21st July 2012 12:00 PM [Full View]
Amla can play a picture perfect cover drive whilst Pizza face Smith squats and plays every damn thing on the legside irrespective of where it is pitched. Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
Yesterday Eng missed a trick by trying to hit his pad and didn't put his offside play to test.
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From: P_R on 21st July 2012 12:17 PM [Full View]
Flau, Fradman konjam murattuthanamA irukkum - totally 30 secs pArthiruppEn.
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From: wizzy on 21st July 2012 12:39 PM [Full View]
with the rate at which Cook is getting the big runs he might surpass Gooch by the end of back-to-back Ashes series in 2013.
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From: Plum on 21st July 2012 06:59 PM [Full View]
Excellent bowling by England although the results dont show it yet. I am sure this level of Cricket by England will be rewarded by Cricketing Gods, who are firm friends of St George, soon. Saffas can enjoy the moment alright, because they arent going to have many more in the series here on.
The question is is England going to win 2-0, 3-0, 1-0 or 2-1. Should we have a poll with these 4 options?
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From: ajithfederer on 21st July 2012 07:23 PM [Full View]
Here's Brad (a different one): "I've always thought England received too many plaudits for the team. It's scary at home no doubt but I've found it really frustrating that so many teams haven't ground to really tire the limited selection of bowlers. South Africa should win the series by just having the better balanced team, if teams don't wilt quickly England seems to run out of puff and ideas."
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From: ajithfederer on 21st July 2012 07:32 PM [Full View]
83.3
Broad to Smith, FOUR, 131.4 kph, Broad now goes too straight and Smith clips him briskly off the hips for his third boundary in a row
83.2
Broad to Smith, FOUR, 132.5 kph, back of a length and cut late to the same part of the field - it was effectively another edge, but played delicately, so the ball died on its way a couple of feet wide of Swann at second slip
83.1
Broad to Smith, FOUR, 130.7 kph, length ball, angled across, Smith opens the face and gets a thick edge low through gully for four
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From: ajithfederer on 21st July 2012 07:56 PM [Full View]
G smith 131. His english bullying continues.
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From: wizzy on 21st July 2012 08:00 PM [Full View]
Proteas beating Eng in patience game imagine KP/Trott were the next 2 batsman to come in this lineup forget the Eng score..bat for 2 days and tire some Eng knees in the process.
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From: Plum on 21st July 2012 08:03 PM [Full View]
The collapse starts....our moderator can now come back here and gloat
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From: venkkiram on 21st July 2012 09:15 PM [Full View]
Hashim Amla
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From: Plum on 21st July 2012 11:04 PM [Full View]
ThennappirikkA = dead slow. Evne they dont believe they can win this match. adhAn England.
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!
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From: wizzy on 21st July 2012 11:24 PM [Full View]
best attack in the world brought to its knees come on thennavans bat all day tomorrow..Eng bowlers vaayila noora thalanam
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 21st July 2012 11:41 PM [Full View]
OOhOO AAhAA Originally Posted by P_R
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Originally Posted by wizzy
neer namma aaluyya Originally Posted by wizzy
come on thennavans bat all day tomorrow..Eng bowlers vaayila noora thalanam. Victory-laam adutha match paathukkalaam, SA should go for 700 - Amla 200, Kallis 200, ABDV 100.
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From: P_R on 22nd July 2012 12:25 AM [Full View]
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 22nd July 2012 12:45 AM [Full View]
Bradman may have been a run machine but nowhere close in the grace/style department to Sachin, Sir Viv Richards, Laran or Mark Waugh Mathaji. Fact (I also hVe watched only some clippings but that's enough)
Almost all English batsmen are ugly/not great to watch. Smith is definitely fugly and so is Amla. Kallis is not ugly at all but boring. However, they have some flair (ABD, JP...)
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From: P_R on 22nd July 2012 01:09 AM [Full View]
Amala Backfoot ellAm nallAvE aaduvaanE.
Some of his shots are nice to watch
Oru ball kooda liveA pAkkalai
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 11:09 AM [Full View]
eggjactly..his stance may be tad ugly but he plays those on-drives nonchalantly and wht timing..almost VVSeque. If Cook/Smith/Chanders were at one end of the ugliness spectrum Amla will be somewhere in the middle.Amala Backfoot ellAm nallAvE aaduvaanE.
Some of his shots are nice to watch
Bell/PriorAlmost all English batsmen are ugly/not great to watch
never seen them being out of position whilst executing a stroke.
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From: Plum on 22nd July 2012 04:32 PM [Full View]
adhAnE...? Originally Posted by Jaarj Dubukell of kirukkinfo
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 22nd July 2012 04:50 PM [Full View]
Amla sooberabu...
and Kallis nearing his second hundred in English conditions...
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 22nd July 2012 04:53 PM [Full View]
Kallis has got it....Hundred no. 43...Sachin's record of 51 test tons under threat with this guy showing no signs of slowing down...
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From: venkkiram on 22nd July 2012 07:37 PM [Full View]
This is now the highest third-wicket stand for South Africa against England...
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
BCCI should arrange for some cash reward for Amla &co..enna endurance levels
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From: P_R on 22nd July 2012 07:53 PM [Full View]
LiveA oru ball kooda pArkkalai.
nalla vELai.
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From: venkkiram on 22nd July 2012 07:58 PM [Full View]
183.6
Bresnan to Amla, FOUR, 128.9 kph, driven on the up and it's goes past the fielder for four! There it is, the first triple hundred by a South African batsman, the first triple century in England since Gooch's 333 in 1990, what an effort
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 08:00 PM [Full View]
ICC should pull up ECB for preparing benign pitches so that they can stay @ top of the rankings..How is SSC any different to this farce
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From: SoftSword on 22nd July 2012 08:15 PM [Full View]
safans arumai arumai
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 08:20 PM [Full View]
South Africa declared
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From: 19thmay on 22nd July 2012 08:24 PM [Full View]
perutha avamanam-ne.... Originally Posted by P_R
Yenda naaiye perutha?
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From: 19thmay on 22nd July 2012 08:25 PM [Full View]
18 more runs... May be Kallis would have agreed. Originally Posted by wizzy
South Africa declared
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 08:28 PM [Full View]
Yep..Smith pulled a Dravid Originally Posted by 19thmay
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From: 19thmay on 22nd July 2012 08:43 PM [Full View]
Cook out ... Philander what a start!
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 09:22 PM [Full View]
Gun
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From: hamid on 22nd July 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
SA,
Where is Plum? still in yaagam?
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From: hamid on 22nd July 2012 09:50 PM [Full View]
Kaali Anne
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From: VinodKumar's on 22nd July 2012 09:53 PM [Full View]
15.4
Morkel to Pietersen, no run, 142.9 kph, dropped!, what a wicket that would have been. Pietersen plays a pretty ordinary shot to a rising ball outside off stump, can't get over the top of it to keep it down but Kallis can't take the catch diving to his right at second slip
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From: VinodKumar's on 22nd July 2012 09:57 PM [Full View]
KP out !!! Beauty Morkel.
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 09:58 PM [Full View]
orgasmic bowling
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 22nd July 2012 10:11 PM [Full View]
SA...take a bow......Firmly in the driver's seat atm...Get the win, I say...
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From: ajaybaskar on 22nd July 2012 10:28 PM [Full View]
Mudichu thookki eringada. Innum 7thaan
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From: VinodKumar's on 22nd July 2012 10:39 PM [Full View]
Strauss gone. Need an innings victory here
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 22nd July 2012 10:42 PM [Full View]
England in doldrums here...Strauss gone as well...
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From: venkkiram on 22nd July 2012 11:36 PM [Full View]
P_R is silently noting down all this Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
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From: Plum on 22nd July 2012 11:43 PM [Full View]
OK, let's get this clear.
SA in driver's seat. They have a night to think about the possibilities. What will result?
You all know it. The C-Word
England have form for hanging in on the last day for 9 wickets. They did it twice in the Away series. How difficult it owuld be to do in their backyard - a bowler's graveyard, at taht - Oval?
Bresnan, broad, Prior, Swann to come - that is if SA get past Bell and Bopara. What chance do you poor Saffa supporters have? Zilch, ofcourse
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
In - GER - LAND
RRROOOAAAARRRRRRRR!
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From: wizzy on 22nd July 2012 11:44 PM [Full View]
I hope Eng reverts to greenish track @ Leeds and play to their strength..SA are notorious for letting the teams off the hock..SL/Ind/OZ recently have comeback strongly to level it after a drubbing in the first test.
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From: SoftSword on 22nd July 2012 11:51 PM [Full View]
good england... 2 wides and 2 noballs in 189 overs... what discipline
and swann, 52 over potrukkaapla with no success in their domestic ground.. kaetta waeld best spinner mbaanga... enna kanakko ponga..
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From: Plum on 22nd July 2012 11:52 PM [Full View]
Wiz - letting of fthe hook ellAm nALaikkE seivAnga thennAppirikkA. You drinking mind milk about 1-0 for SA tomorrow?
Anyway, all great sides need the signature momen when they come back from great adversity to turn the tables on strong opponents - this series is that series for England. Everything is falling into the place.
After this series, Mike Selvey, Henderson and co. will start writing about this team being SUPERIOR to the 1980s WIndies and 2000s Aussies
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From: Plum on 22nd July 2012 11:54 PM [Full View]
nALAikku England declare paNNavunE epdi 2nd innings la wicket edukkaRAnnu pAkkalAmA? pAkkalAmA? pAkkalAMA? Originally Posted by SoftSword
good england... 2 wides and 2 noballs in 189 overs... what discipline
and swann, 52 over potrukkaapla with no success in their domestic ground.. kaetta waeld best spinner mbaanga... enna kanakko ponga..
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 12:06 AM [Full View]
where is our mind milk mod
Plum, knowing Saffers mental fortitude yam light-a jittery.. nallathai ninai maname
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 01:18 AM [Full View]
what a disaster weekend
Oru pandhu kooda paarkkalai. Nalla vELai.
What the hell is this? Anderson, Broad so toothless?? It's unbelievable!
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 01:19 AM [Full View]
If Eng lose that, no way are they winning the next two and winning the series.
Drawing this depends on maNi - test of character for him dEi nikkira nee. Kamaan.
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From: 19thmay on 23rd July 2012 09:50 AM [Full View]
Its a flat track agreed but Kallis-Amla is a deadly combo, yaralum marukka mudiyaadhu. Paaya virichu pitch-la padukaadha kora dhaan. Originally Posted by P_R
what a disaster weekend
Oru pandhu kooda paarkkalai. Nalla vELai.
What the hell is this? Anderson, Broad so toothless?? It's unbelievable!
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From: 19thmay on 23rd July 2012 09:54 AM [Full View]
Mani ninnalum, munnadi, anna paravai, agalam - ivangellam nikkanumla Originally Posted by P_R
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From: raajarasigan on 23rd July 2012 11:01 AM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
லிட்டர் லிட்டரா மனப்பால் குடிச்சவங்க எல்லாரும் லைன் கட்டி நிக்கணும் ஜக்கம்மா
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 11:20 AM [Full View]
But surely Anderson, Broad haven't been as dependent on the pitch as seems to be the case here.
They must be bowling really poorly.
Anderson was memorable even in the last test in Dubai, got a five-for in Galle, rattled the top-order in Saravanamuttu.
He used to beat the bat consistently. What happennnned?
ippo ennamO green-top-la mattum dhaan perform paNNuvaan 'nRa maadhiri solluvAingaLE.
adhukkANdi risk edukka koodaadhu. aduththa match 'angE paar...pachchai pasEl ena pulkaL' kaNdippA irukkaNum.
Similarly for Broad - dubai, abidhabhi-la ellAm superzhbA pOttAn.
enna aachchu ivanungaLukku.
Kamaan - this is a moment of truth. Raise your game.
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 11:23 AM [Full View]
indha mottai pitch-layE philanderer, stain, mOrkaLi ku ellAm out aagurAingaLE, greentop-la ennaththukku aagum
ennappA idhu! confidence-E pOchchu.
Seriously didn't expect England to be on the backfoot so soon.
dei maNiyA, yEdhAvadhu pArththu sei.
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From: Dinesh84 on 23rd July 2012 11:47 AM [Full View]
England bowlers wicket edukka mudiyalanna odane pul venum, punnakku venumgrathu.. wat nonsense..
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 12:09 PM [Full View]
P_R, Anderson averages 30+ for a reason..Steyn's spell during the 2nd day morning broke Eng back and it showed the gulf is huge between the world no.1 fast bowler and 3rd. Strauss/Andy Flower who prime themselves for wearing the opposite batsman with dot balls/not letting the batsman to score freely by defensive fieldsets/bowling defensive lines were beaten in their own game by Smith/Amla who pulled a Cook/Trott.
Eng pace attack will redeem themselves on a greenish track @ Leeds with Finn in place of Barbie who seem to trundling @ Kumars pace. Bopara looked lot more threatening than Barbie. Eng should be much more worried about Swann..Saffers clearly had a plan for him by taking the offstump guard and turning him away to fine/square leg hence took lbw/DRS out of Swann's repertoire. If Swann doesn't come up with answers in the second test Eng will be again be reduced to 3 tired bowlers who had to do all the donkey work.
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From: ajithfederer on 23rd July 2012 12:23 PM [Full View]
Yes Wizzy, Broad was bowling pies to Kallis. And I cannot believe Swann was so ineffective. Are they under some sort of a curse or what??.
I would have been much happier if Ponting overtook Tendulkar's record than this Kaatu Mokkai Kallis.
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From: raajarasigan on 23rd July 2012 12:28 PM [Full View]
offstump guard edukkalAmA... :confuse: full cover aAgidumE Originally Posted by wizzy
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 12:43 PM [Full View]
AF, never seen Swann been rendered as ineffective as he has been in this test.. even in tests in UAE/SL he had his moments..Swann's elbow injury which was once deemed career threatening might have flared up again
RR, they move into the shot hence @ the point of contact the front pad won't be in line with the offstump there by negating LBW which is Swann's most potent mode of dismissal.
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From: ajithfederer on 23rd July 2012 12:51 PM [Full View]
Eng canbring in Tremlett and Finn for Broad and Bresnan but Barbie has an added advantage in being able to bat. Tremlett/Finn for Bresnan could help England.
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 01:28 PM [Full View]
from GuardianJust one run off Swann's over. "Ian Botham Day 1: 'There's no way Finn could get into this attack.' Day 4: 'Like I've said all along, Finn is a wicket-taker'. Good to see Beefy's maintained consistency," notes Sandile Xaso.
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From: mgb on 23rd July 2012 01:57 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
லிட்டர் லிட்டரா மனப்பால் குடிச்சவங்க எல்லாரும் லைன் கட்டி நிக்கணும் ஜக்கம்மா3 days'la ippadi oru manamaatramaa Originally Posted by P_R
indha mottai pitch-layE philanderer, stain, mOrkaLi ku ellAm out aagurAingaLE, greentop-la ennaththukku aagum
ennappA idhu! confidence-E pOchchu.
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 02:56 PM [Full View]
இச்சகத் துளோரெல்லாம் எதிர்த்து நின்ற போதினும்
துச்சமாக வெண்ணி நம்மை தூறு செய்த போதினும்
பச்சை ஊன் இயைந்து வேல்படை வந்த போதினும்
அச்சமில்லை அச்சமில்லை அச்சமென்ப தில்லையே
ஆபத்து வருது ஆபத்து வருது ஆபத்து வந்துருச்சு...
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 02:57 PM [Full View]
மணி'மா...எல்லாரும் என்னன்னவோ பேயறாங்க. பாத்து ராஜா. போன வருஷம் மாதிரி, டீ குடிக்க அவசரப்பட்டு போயிறாத.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 02:59 PM [Full View]
Come on SA put Ingleend out of the misery ! Bowl their out before Lunch! It is too hot in Oval for them to play !
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 03:22 PM [Full View]
PS Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Come on SA put Ingleend out of the misery ! Bowl their out before Lunch! It is too hot in Oval for them play ! now punting on Eng to draw this test
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 23rd July 2012 03:26 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 23rd July 2012 03:29 PM [Full View]
OK, i realize ugly is a strong word. I'll just say i find it excruciating when he has those marathon innings Originally Posted by wizzy
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 03:31 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
ennanga idhu?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 03:33 PM [Full View]
English media is diverting all the attention to London Olympics to hide the team's true colours Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Come on SA put Ingleend out of the misery ! Bowl their out before Lunch! It is too hot in Oval for them to play !
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 03:33 PM [Full View]
English media is diverting all the attention to London Olympics to hide the team's true colours Originally Posted by wizzy
PS now punting on Eng to draw this test
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 03:34 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
ennanga idhu? Ok sariya solrEn England!
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From: scorpio on 23rd July 2012 04:05 PM [Full View]
Bopara avuttu
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From: scorpio on 23rd July 2012 04:06 PM [Full View]
Oh no....Bell- Prior combo........expect kaattu mokkai batting
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 04:10 PM [Full View]
Bell-Prior kaattu mokkkaiyA?
kizhinjudhu pOnga.
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From: scorpio on 23rd July 2012 04:17 PM [Full View]
For an SA supporter.....Aesthetics paatha mudiyumaa?
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 23rd July 2012 04:24 PM [Full View]
Not a fan of England cricket team at all. Aana, Paramu vidaama podra kaattu marana torture blade-kaagave England jeikka koodaadha nu thonudhu
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From: ajithfederer on 23rd July 2012 04:25 PM [Full View]
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 04:29 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Not a fan of England cricket team at all. Aana, Paramu vidaama podra kaattu marana torture blade-kaagave England jeikka koodaadha nu thonudhu
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From: Plum on 23rd July 2012 05:04 PM [Full View]
P-R - your team can breathe easy. Their most crucial player - Faramu - is back. Thennaappirikka ony prospered in his absence over the weekend. Innikku Londonla public holiday koduthirukkalAmO.....
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 05:17 PM [Full View]
Vaanga Flau
Did you see the we did with Murali ?
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From: scorpio on 23rd July 2012 05:24 PM [Full View]
Runs are flowing at a decent pace....SA Chokers
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:17 PM [Full View]
yet again SA on course to prove they are THE "Chokers" ??
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 23rd July 2012 06:24 PM [Full View]
ennayya Draw aayirum pola irukku. :O Sree aakka julu juluvalappaai:.
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:26 PM [Full View]
New ball is the only hope...
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From: 19thmay on 23rd July 2012 06:26 PM [Full View]
adra adra adra....Is this pitch a dirty turner? George thinks so: "Even India would have beaten England on this track. Eng have dug their own grave by preparing such a placid pitch. If they can't play Tahir, how are they gonna tackle Ashwin and Ojha on the same track."
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From: Plum on 23rd July 2012 06:27 PM [Full View]
SA jeyikkumnu manappaal kudichavangallAM line kati knillunga, Modeartor aaservadaham paNNuvAr
England dA!
This series in the bag for England now. Nesttu India tour vaRROM. Dhoniya thookkaRom. Beware!
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!
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From: 19thmay on 23rd July 2012 06:46 PM [Full View]
Bell scores 50, England reaches 200 trailing by 52 runs. 6 overs for a new ball, adha nambi thaan inga oru kootame irukom.
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:51 PM [Full View]
hmm..ABD's drop seems very costly now....
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:53 PM [Full View]
is there a way to watch the match live in mobile/iPod? cricvid doesnt play in ipod.. any ideas guys?
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:54 PM [Full View]
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 06:54 PM [Full View]
baba oru pakkam chiefminister orupakkam yaagam pannitu irukkaanga...
plum seekram pr kaila irukkura mutthiraya maatthunga...
erimalaigal enkaalil thoolaaga sakthikodu... oru vaarthai sonnaalae out aaga sakthikodu..
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From: 19thmay on 23rd July 2012 06:55 PM [Full View]
Yipeeeeee!! Prior gone!
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:55 PM [Full View]
Yeah.. Now take the new ball and finish it off
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 06:56 PM [Full View]
i use to watch cricvid in mobile... why does it not play? Originally Posted by hamid
try crictime...
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 06:57 PM [Full View]
Saffers are the Abhimanyus of cricket..they know how to set the game up only to throw it all away in a whiff..many a time have they allowed Eng to draw a test with only a wicket for victory..wouldn't be surprised if this pair bat out the remaining overs.
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 06:57 PM [Full View]
Is it? which mobile?
I have a HTC explorer and Ipod touch... tried in ipod and it said the flash player udpate is required...
will try in HTC now
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 07:01 PM [Full View]
Tahir's got Prior...Prior's reaction after his dismissal....
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From: scorpio on 23rd July 2012 07:01 PM [Full View]
indha match-ai live vEra paarthu BP yEthikaNumaa ippo?
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From: Plum on 23rd July 2012 07:02 PM [Full View]
Bresnan-Broad-Swann. Perhaps, the greatest ever and most capable ever 8-9-10 in Cricketing history to come! A piffling 50 runs to knock off. What do you expect? I am beginning to hope now that England can set a target 1 hour after tea and wrap up Saffa for 50 odd runs and win the match!
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAA AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:04 PM [Full View]
Prior
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:04 PM [Full View]
Plum
Scorps,
already BP yethikittuthaan irukken.. (watching in laptop) but irritating to open login the laptop.. mobile wil be handy..
Thanks Wizzy..will try that and let you know
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:06 PM [Full View]
Dim Pressnon averages 37 in test
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 07:09 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
B(K), unga life-la ini neenga misspelling paNNappadaadhu.
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From: scorpio on 23rd July 2012 07:10 PM [Full View]
New ball time
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:11 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
B(K), unga life-la ini neenga misspelling paNNappadaadhu.
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:14 PM [Full View]
Wizzy, Originally Posted by wizzy
taking forever to load in ipod...
But this is better than cricvid to watch in laptop thanks..
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:16 PM [Full View]
hamid... htc dhaan...
pr
avara inimae naan braamacheevan apdinu koopda poren...
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 07:19 PM [Full View]
I don't get this ultra defensive approach from Bell..should look to get into lead @ tea..Broad/Swann can hang around for 10-15 overs.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 07:19 PM [Full View]
Steyn strikes immediately with the new ball...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:20 PM [Full View]
Bell ku mani adichachu
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 07:20 PM [Full View]
Bell got stuffed for his defensive ploy
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:21 PM [Full View]
ippathaan wicket pochu yystreamla
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:22 PM [Full View]
Bell came in looking pale, and he is leaving looking brown Thye just cant deal with the heat!
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:23 PM [Full View]
Come on.. help them with an Inninga defeat.. they dont wanna come out and bowl
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:24 PM [Full View]
Wizzy, wont mind a slight delay..the clarity is too good in yycast
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From: littlemaster1982 on 23rd July 2012 07:29 PM [Full View]
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:32 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
is that out? will it be given?
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:32 PM [Full View]
lol hotspot....
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:33 PM [Full View]
Fraud is sent back
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 07:33 PM [Full View]
Broad's gone...So much for the much vaunted tail....Common SA...Skittle them out for an innings defeat....
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 07:33 PM [Full View]
loving this
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:33 PM [Full View]
another clear case of technology not so clear.. the sound is very clear...good they gave out finally..
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:35 PM [Full View]
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:36 PM [Full View]
Steyn is on fire
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:36 PM [Full View]
wait for Fee Yaar Originally Posted by wizzy
loving this
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:37 PM [Full View]
yov... simni velakkula vechu fileem paakkura maadhiri 4 inch screenla paatthutu technology not clearnu arikkai vera... Originally Posted by hamid
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 07:38 PM [Full View]
So a marginal DRS call goes against Broad
Hmm...
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:38 PM [Full View]
Why Hotspot didnt pick up that edge???? whats the explanation for this? why should this technology be accepted as this is not accurate?
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:38 PM [Full View]
Innum naalu adiya podungada avanuku.
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:39 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by SoftSword
yov... simni velakkula vechu fileem paakkura maadhiri 4 inch screenla paatthutu technology not clearnu arikkai vera... SS, watchign in laptop in yycast. the clarity is so good.. check it out..
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:40 PM [Full View]
Plum, Originally Posted by P_R
ithu ungalukkuthaan..note the point yuvar aanar...
actually even I am surprised.. thought they wont give it
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:41 PM [Full View]
Smith
Bring in Morkel...
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 07:41 PM [Full View]
அங்க வண்டியோட அச்சாணியே புடிங்கி போட்டாச்சி! இந்த தேஞ்சு போன தலைப்பை இன்னும் கிறுக்கனுங்க மாத்தல!
"Bell and Prior resist South Africa"
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:43 PM [Full View]
Venki, Pag-a refresh pannunga firstu...they do change those things too quickly than other sites...
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From: littlemaster1982 on 23rd July 2012 07:43 PM [Full View]
Venkki,
Neenga yaarukku support-nu sollave illaiye
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:44 PM [Full View]
hotspot ellaam kaatiduchunu dhaane commentryla eludhirukkanunga... Originally Posted by hamid
actuala outae irukkaadhu... ilutthukkittu irukkura kelaviya aaspatthirikki konduporappo autodriver dhaan konnuttaan'nu blame panraplaan adhu...
not a fair defeatnu sollidalaam illayaa... one wicket is crucial in the last sessionu kooda news varum paarunga...
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 07:45 PM [Full View]
5 ver
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:46 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by wizzy
5 ver
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 07:46 PM [Full View]
Oh! கர்சிபை போட்டாத்தான் பஸ்ல இடம் கெடைக்குமா? Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Venkki,
Neenga yaarukku support-nu sollave illaiye
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 07:47 PM [Full View]
Steyn
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From: littlemaster1982 on 23rd July 2012 07:47 PM [Full View]
Summa, therinjukkaradhukkaga ketten Originally Posted by venkkiram
Oh! கர்சிபை போட்டாத்தான் பஸ்ல இடம் கெடைக்குமா?
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:47 PM [Full View]
Steyn
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:47 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by SoftSword
Steyn to Broad, OUT, 141.8 kph, short and down leg side, loud appeal but not out given, it's reviewed straight away, and the initial replay suggests glove, there is a noise, Hot Spot is inconclusive, is there enough evidence to overturn Asad Rauf? Apparently so and Broad is gone. He did look guilty, South Africa were convinced, the noises matched up and the glove was away from the body so the noise was surely glove, even if Hot Spot couldn't prove it
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:49 PM [Full View]
someone tell me about the road downhill from their no1 status... series thOtthadhaana?
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:49 PM [Full View]
there is nothing in the Hot spot.. snicko was very clear and conclusive.....luckily the ball was no way near anything other than the bat... he was playing down the legside and the only contact could be the glove..
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 07:49 PM [Full View]
This has been a total disaster
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:49 PM [Full View]
naangalaam cricinfo use panradhillai... avinga england'oda official site... Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
cricbuzz i say...
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 07:51 PM [Full View]
to think that so many Eng commies/writers ridiculed/questioned Steyn's top ranking after the 1st day's play
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:52 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by wizzy
to think that so many Eng commies/writers ridiculed/questioned Steyn's top ranking after the 1st day's play.
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:53 PM [Full View]
I also didn't see it live. Started watching the match in mobile after that wicket. Originally Posted by SoftSword
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:53 PM [Full View]
inna seythaarai oruthal avar naana nannayam seythu vidal Originally Posted by wizzy
to think that so many Eng commies/writers ridiculed/questioned Steyn's top ranking after the 1st day's play
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 07:54 PM [Full View]
அட ஆமாங்க. I refreshed my browser page twice! Originally Posted by hamid
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 07:54 PM [Full View]
udunga pr... one off defeat... Originally Posted by P_R
This has been a total disaster
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 07:56 PM [Full View]
India kitta yum Puthu India (Australia) kittayum jeyichatha vachi thappa eda potutinga. Originally Posted by P_R
This has been a total disaster
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 07:57 PM [Full View]
Steyn's been excellent in this innings...And the rightful world no. 1.... at David Lloyd for rating Anderson as the best in the world...
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 07:58 PM [Full View]
Soon expect Plum's entry here with all the weapons by his side
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 08:02 PM [Full View]
cricbuzz:
Sean says
'Great weekend for South Africans, except for those who play for England!'
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From: P_R on 23rd July 2012 08:07 PM [Full View]
SA - 20 wickets
Eng- 2 wickets
Even if Eng managed to draw the series, this slur will last.
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 08:09 PM [Full View]
are they playing for tea
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 08:11 PM [Full View]
Meeting ku pOitu vanthu match mudinchirukum nu paatha !
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:13 PM [Full View]
Dey...vennaingala...siikiram mudichu tholainkada
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 08:14 PM [Full View]
Bresnan and Anderson sticking it out here
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 08:14 PM [Full View]
Tim Bresnan & Sam Anderson are batting for their highest scores. Match saving knock is in progress!
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:16 PM [Full View]
Shit.. Inninga defeat varaathu polaye????
Okay.. get them out when they are within 5 runs to save innings defeat.. perfect ending then
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 08:17 PM [Full View]
lol venki... ungalayum dracula kadichurichaa... Originally Posted by venkkiram
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:20 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by SoftSword
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 08:24 PM [Full View]
one aniyaayanymous commenter:
not only the players but in our country a single bit of sunlight and whole england will strip naked lol
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 08:26 PM [Full View]
Seekiram mUdingappa
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 08:27 PM [Full View]
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 08:27 PM [Full View]
That's out!! got to be out surely....
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 08:28 PM [Full View]
All out ah wizzy ?
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 08:28 PM [Full View]
Well...It's done... South Africa...
Amla, Kallis, Steyn, Morkel....
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:28 PM [Full View]
:yeah:
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 08:28 PM [Full View]
Athers whtya jinx ya..first he brought up Bresnan record and then spoke about innings defeat
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 08:29 PM [Full View]
CricInfo Software:
England 385 & 240/10 (97.0 ov)
South Africa 637/2d
England trail by 12 runs with 0 wickets remaining
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 08:29 PM [Full View]
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 08:29 PM [Full View]
SA
Super lesson for the Vikings!
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:30 PM [Full View]
saffers Sweet Innings defeat to the No.1 Test team in the world at their own backyard 
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 08:32 PM [Full View]
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 08:32 PM [Full View]
Vinod! எப்புடி இதெல்லாம்!
நல்லவேளை! வெவ்வேறு புகைப்படம்.
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 08:33 PM [Full View]
pramacheevan, well done...
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:34 PM [Full View]
So, what happens to the Ratings now? Does SA need to win the series to topple England?
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 08:36 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by venkkiram
Vinod! எப்புடி இதெல்லாம்!
நல்லவேளை! வெவ்வேறு புகைப்படம்.. Waiting for match to get over. Athaan mudinja udanae potutaen .
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 08:37 PM [Full View]
thats what i see... illena inneram plum/pr adhappatthi oru post potruppaanga... Originally Posted by hamid
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 08:38 PM [Full View]
Nass mourning
Hamid, yep..still think SA will lose @ Leeds..going by their recent record after winning the 1st test.
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 08:39 PM [Full View]
Nasser Hussain moonji and the way he is defending English batsmen
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:40 PM [Full View]
Wizzy,
summa ellarum chatterjee podathiingappa.. SA winning at least another one.. their confidence would have taken a big boost and england were served a killer punch...
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From: hamid on 23rd July 2012 08:41 PM [Full View]
yes.. so sad.. "ennaiya vittudungada.. naan poyidareen" Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Nasser Hussain moonji and the way he is defending English batsmen
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 08:43 PM [Full View]
Hamid, never Chatterjeed Saffers always win the first test emphatically only to surrender the advantage in the next test..even SL won their second test against them.
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From: VinodKumar's on 23rd July 2012 08:51 PM [Full View]
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From: SoftSword on 23rd July 2012 08:59 PM [Full View]
amala: Nice to get a triple under my belt
enna madhiryaana idiom/phrase idhu...??? puriyaadhavan kaetta asingamaa nenakkamaattaan??
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From: sathya_1979 on 23rd July 2012 09:04 PM [Full View]
From BBC Sport:
Andrew Strauss is getting a few boos from this crowd as he talks to the media....
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From: venkkiram on 23rd July 2012 09:19 PM [Full View]
வெற்றி பெற்ற டெஸ்டில் தன் பங்குக்கு ஒரு சதம் அடித்த தலைவருக்கு பாராட்டுக்கள்.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...500/147588.jpg
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From: Plum on 23rd July 2012 09:32 PM [Full View]
Congrats to Saffa supporters. Howeve, England will be back. Just wait and watch...
Originally Posted by Rob Smyth
The phoenix will rise again. From the ashes. Er...they already did rise from the Ashes, but you know what I mean. Originally Posted by England Supporter
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRRRRR!
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From: mgb on 23rd July 2012 09:35 PM [Full View]
this is a huge body blow to England.. losing 20 wkts and taking 2 wkts in bargain.. it will take a while for england to recoup
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 09:44 PM [Full View]
^Saffers got Ind allout for <100 in India only to lose the next test abysmally so all is not lost for Eng..Saffer batters will fall apart in a greentop as seen in their home series against Ind/Oz/SL..so expect Eng to dish out one @Leeds and level the series.
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From: skr on 23rd July 2012 10:07 PM [Full View]
Poms get a literal pummelling ..
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 23rd July 2012 10:08 PM [Full View]
I feel the green track is a double edged sword. So you can expect even the English to crumble if put it hostile conditions. Also have a feeling that the toss will play a huge role at Leeds.
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From: wizzy on 23rd July 2012 10:19 PM [Full View]
Remembering when South Africa reduced England to two for four
on greentops...a nostalgic trip to English team I grew up watching
England had started the tour as the worst side in the world, according to the Wisden World Championship (there was no ICC Test Championship in those days, although the retrospective rankings have them eighth, still above Zimbabwe). Their build-up was encouraging, however, with back-to-back first-class wins for the first time in years. Nobody expected them to beat a strong South African side who had won 10 Tests in a row at home, but there was cautious optimism that England would at least compete.
A level playing field might have made competing easier. On the morning of the match, conditions were barely fit for club cricket: terrible light and a pitch that Mike Selvey described as "disgracefully damp for the start of the Test". Nobody expected play to start on time, but it did. "The pitch was so wet and the light so bad that it was embarrassing," said Fletcher in his autobiography. "There is no way we should have started." Gary Kirsten and Allan Donald were among the South Africans who agreed the start should have been delayed. Fletcher said that winning the toss was "tantamount to winning the match".
With weary inevitability, England lost the toss. Rumour has it that Hansie Cronje even showed his teeth as he invited England to bat. Then Donald and Shaun Pollock went to work. Within 15 minutes England were two for four; one of those was a leg-bye. As if the scoreline wasn't bad enough, the four players to be dismissed were their only experienced batsmen, all England captains past or present: Mike Atherton. Nasser Hussain, Mark Butcher and Alec Stewart. They had 244 Test caps and 16,052 runs between them. between them. The next four batsmen shared two caps and 17 runs. Michael Vaughan, Chris Adams and Gavin Hamilton were all making their debuts, while Andrew Flintoff was back in the side after a 15-month absence. The whole thing felt like a perverse take on the defeatism that accompanied English cricket in the 1990s. You think being the worst team in the world is bad? Well cop a load of this.
"The dressing room was completely silent and in a state of intense shock," wrote Atherton in his autobiography. "Even those of us experienced in England's calamities had never seen anything quite like this." Fletcher had infamously inherited a side with a lower order ("Never call them the tail," says Fletcher, though he'd surely have made an exception for this lot) of Andy Caddick, Alan Mullally, Phil Tufnell and Ed Giddins. Now he had a top order who were dealing in binary. In the Times, Christopher Martin-Jenkins said the start was "like arriving at the party to which you have been looking forward for months, only to be seized, bound, gagged and robbed".
The build-up to the series had been dominated by talk of Donald v Atherton. In England's previous Test at Johannesburg, four years earlier, Atherton had played the innings of his life, saving the match with one of the all-time great captain's knocks, 185 not out in 643 minutes. He was in splendid form, too. In the tour games he played with serene certainty, even hitting a few sixes. Selvey said he was "playing as well as he has ever done". Donald, by contrast, had endured a long, dark month of the soul. He had bowled poorly in the Test series against Zimbabwe a few weeks earlier and was all over the place in the nets. Plenty thought that, at 33, he was finished. "Judging by my preparation," he wrote in his autobiography, "I'd have been happy with Alan Mullally's wicket, never mind Athers'!"
Cricket's capacity for the perverse never ceases to amaze. Atherton would last three balls in the match and get a pair. Donald would take six for 53 in the first innings and 11 for 127 in the match. He had almost willed himself back into form. "That game taught me a hell of a lesson: when it is not going well you have to find something that works," said Donald in this excellent interview. "There is no turning back, there is no hiding. You must find something that contributes to the team even if you take one wicket."In the dressing room on that first morning, Cronje told everyone that Donald would bowl Atherton in the first over the day. When Donald obliged with the last ball of that first over, he pointed straight at his captain. Donald had been bowling inswingers because his wrist action was all over the place, and he produced a monster that came back a mile to take Atherton's off stump for a walk. "It is hard to believe," wrote Chris Lander in the Mirror, "that Atherton has been on the end of a more venomous wicket-taking delivery." (Courtney Walsh might have something to say about that, but anyway.) Donald said it was the second greatest delivery he had ever bowled, just behind a jaffa to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar three years earlier.
"Every time I see that picture of me bowling Atherton in the first innings it signifies the amount of effort I had put in mentally," said Donald. "It just shows this thing between your ears is so strong. If you believe in it and you trust what you have, you can do wonders."
Hussain fell for a duck to a vile lifter from Pollock. Then, in Donald's second over, Butcher feathered a good delivery to his near namesake Mark Boucher and Stewart was given out lbw to another huge inswinger. "It might provide for exciting cricket," said Kirsten at the end of the day's play, "but it is not the way the game should be played. It does not provide for a fair contest between bat and ball." Batting, said Wisden, was "a lottery." England were – it's worth repeating – two for four after 17 balls, with two debutants at the crease who had not faced a ball. At the time it seemed like they'd would do well to reach 50. But among the debris, England found a piece of gold.
Vaughan was not supposed to be in the squad. He was the only demand Fletcher made, and the tour party was extended to 17 to accommodate him. He had only averaged 27.12 in first-class cricket that summer, but Fletcher was not interested in statistics. Few, if any, have had such an eye for raw talent. After the first net session in South Africa, Fletcher told Hussain that Vaughan had to play in the first Test. "Hussain gave me a perplexed look. 'Are you sure?' he said," remembered Fletcher in his autobiography. "I most certainly was."
The calm, classy manner in which Vaughan made a two-hour 33 suggested England had found someone who had the temperament and talent for Test cricket. He would become one of England's best attacking batsmen of the modern era, but at that stage he was a different player entirely, widely compared to Atherton for his sang froid and defensive excellence. CMJ went further after that debut innings, comparing him to Chris Tavare. "He has the same angular frame, the same walk to short square leg between balls, the same ability never to seem hurried and, mercifully, a greater willingness to recognise a scoring opportunity."
Vaughan added 32 for the fifth wicket with Chris Adams (16) to take England to the, ahem, respectability of 34 for five. Perversely, the predicament helped Vaughan to relax. "If I am honest, [the scoreline] relieved some of the pressure on me," he said in his autobiography. "With our four big guns gone, I knew that I could not do any worse. Much as I would like to portray my debut as having been heroic under fire, the truth is that it is easier to come in at two for two on your debut than at 200 for two on a flat wicket full of runs. Chris Adams came out at two for four and asked, 'What's it doing?'' to which I replied, 'Don't ask me I haven't faced an effing ball yet.'"
Vaughan said he felt "remarkably calm" as he went about his work. He then added 56 in an hour with Flintoff, who punched 38; their partnership was the first sign of the fearless, almost carefree approach that would win the 2005 Ashes. England limped to 122, almost a triumph in the circumstances, with Donald and Pollock sharing all 10 wickets and 19 in the match. That first-innings score was in part thanks to an absurd cameo from Mullally, who top edged Donald for six during a rare foray into double figures. When he did so, the England balcony naturally burst into laughter – "black humour which released the tension of a morbid day," said Fletcher. The Mirror's back page the next day had a picture of the balcony smiling, with the headline: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOT LAUGHING AT?"http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...d-south-africaFor the most part the press reaction was reasonable. "England have put in some dreadful performances in recent years but this, despite all the evidence on the scoreboard, is not one of them," wrote Tim de Lisle, the editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly. "They have had a raw deal in Johannesburg from the toss, the pitch, the weather and the umpires."
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 23rd July 2012 10:25 PM [Full View]
Till next match
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From: Dinesh84 on 23rd July 2012 11:09 PM [Full View]
P1: இரத்தம் வரணும்
P2: யாருக்கு?
P1: யாருக்கோ
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From: Plum on 24th July 2012 08:39 AM [Full View]
Over aattam by Saffa supporters here. oru match jeyichuttA? It is a 3 match series. England can still win 2-1. They will.
Wiz - did you see that article fully. it was the toss, stupid. Unfair conditions for England batting first - that's why they lost. ippollAm adhirshta kAthu England pakkam. ippO adhE mtch veLAndA, toss jeyippadhu VaikkolgaL. 2/4 - will be thennappirikkA? pAkkalAmA?
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From: ajithfederer on 24th July 2012 09:49 AM [Full View]
Yeah some big deal SA winning the first test. Kaalam kaalama they are known to whittle it out in the 2nd and 3rd tests. England can still put green tops on both the tests and either draw/win the series. Nothing is lost for England.
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From: ajithfederer on 24th July 2012 09:59 AM [Full View]
Steyn. Idhu ethanavadhu 5-fer oo??. Anderson/English fans can now get a real glimpse of a true No 1 Bowler.
Broad/Swann :horror:
Cook/trott- SA Can you manage to skittle out these two guys cheaply in the remaining 2 tests please
KP, you gotta do something man
Andy Flower. Still this ain't enough for his Bell-Dhoni drama and his subsequent comments later. One does hope that SA don't lose steam as they have always been. 3-0 would be a dream come true.
Icing on the cake: 2 SA wkts - Eng 20. As pr said this slur will last.
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From: wizzy on 24th July 2012 10:04 AM [Full View]
Plum, read that..Eng mourning about pitch/toss is given but umpiring decisions..how soon they have forgotten this match which should hold some sort of record for dubious umpiring decisions..Saffers were beaten solely by the umpire to put it mildly..Javed Akthar feigns innocence and Eng got him officiating in the '99 worldcup
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63808.html
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 24th July 2012 10:30 AM [Full View]
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/573670.html
No Chatterjee, Mukherjee but genuinely feel that SA might 'C' next match. Originally Posted by Cricinfo
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From: 19thmay on 24th July 2012 11:27 AM [Full View]
ippadi ungala neengale asinga paduthikitta vitruvoma? Next-u meet pannuvom. Originally Posted by P_R
Kallis, Amla, Steyn, Tahir, Morkel and special to Gary and Smith for declaring bravely.
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From: 19thmay on 24th July 2012 11:28 AM [Full View]
Green top pottalum England-ku thaan prechanai.
IMO Steyn/Morkel/Philander/Kallis > Anderson/Broad/Bresnan or Finn.
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From: wizzy on 24th July 2012 12:24 PM [Full View]
In their last 9 matches Eng have lost 5 won 3 and drew 1..even India in their brief no.1 reign didn't fair this poorly.. Sky commies have been successful in creating a myth about their side's invincibility and last month they given compared this Eng side to OZ of yore and opined that Eng bowlers easily outclassed them..Telegraph's 'Cricket Analyst' went a step ahead and dissed Steyn after day 1 and bang ATG Eng bowlers end up picking 2 wkts in freaking 190 overs
@LM poll pliss on whether Saffers will do a good ole Chokey in the next test.
@19th Eng batting depth will see them through in a greentop..@50/5 Eng got the lower order batting to reach 200-250 whilst Saffers can be skitted for <100
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From: littlemaster1982 on 24th July 2012 12:48 PM [Full View]
Wizzy,
Unable to add a poll now
Something tells me that SA won't choke in the next match. With Kirsten at helm, I expect them to give a tough fight to Eng and wouldn't lose the 2nd test.
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From: ajithfederer on 24th July 2012 12:55 PM [Full View]
Avatar @ maams 19th may.
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From: 19thmay on 24th July 2012 01:12 PM [Full View]
Thanks maams, courtesy : Vinodh. Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Avatar @ maams 19th may.
Wizzy - I dont think so, when England lower order can't save the match in a flat track, how effective they would be in green top's? Pressure is the same.
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From: P_R on 24th July 2012 01:18 PM [Full View]
@ 19th's anjukolai aarumugam avadhaaram
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From: 19thmay on 24th July 2012 01:21 PM [Full View]
anga mothamaave 2 kola thaan vizhundhiruku pola?
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From: ajithfederer on 24th July 2012 01:23 PM [Full View]
This is just pouring chilly powder on a fresh wound.
The most comprehensive Test victory
For only the fifth time in Test history, a team won a match losing only two wickets
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/573667.html
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From: wizzy on 24th July 2012 01:23 PM [Full View]
nope..Eng were done in by sheer weight of runs in the 2nd inn.. even in the 1st innings against a raging Steyn any other side wouldn't have crossed 320 .also in greentop most of the times the bowling will cancel itself out with the batting depth deciding the outcome..remember the partnership between VVS/ZK @ Durban which proved to be game changer.
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From: ajithfederer on 24th July 2012 01:25 PM [Full View]
More on Anju kolai aarumugam (nice nick)
Dale Steyn's second-innings haul of 5 for 56 is his first five-for in a Test in England. It improves his career record against England to 38 wickets in nine Tests at an average of 32.05. Of his 18 five-wicket hauls, 14 have led to victories, while three have come in draws and one in a defeat. (Click here for Steyn's Test career summary.)
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/573631.html
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From: P_R on 24th July 2012 01:48 PM [Full View]
Yeah. Originally Posted by wizzy
The failure is the English bowling.
No way are Anderson, Broad so bad that they could pose no challenge at all to SAffers. They were just completely overwhelmed.
thayir ellAm wicket edukkuraan, Swann goes wicketless! enna mAdhiri design idhu??
I don't think greentops are too risky for England (hope I am not made to eat my words again!).
I think they should just go for it and prepare such a pitch. Add some pre-match rain and overcast conditions to taste and it can be a contest.
Kamaan!
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From: mgb on 25th July 2012 09:26 AM [Full View]
indha bayam irundha sari Originally Posted by P_R
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From: Plum on 25th July 2012 10:03 AM [Full View]
maNi says England are deserving #1 and will retain the ranking. Mind Milk Saffa supporters should never forget what Saffa do when the pressure is on...especially when ythey are on top. Perspective, people?
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From: P_R on 25th July 2012 10:08 AM [Full View]
England are still world number one, mathematically an otherwise.
The chink in their armour was exposed in Dubai. Despite that, they indeed are te best test team in te world.
However if they lose this series - then they wont just fall in the arithmetics of the ranking. SA will truly be the world number one team. It would be silly for England to claim otherwise.
Truly important series
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From: wizzy on 25th July 2012 10:59 AM [Full View]
Cook/Chavi are playing T20s whilst the test series is on..Andy Flower should be uber confident about Headingley.
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 25th July 2012 11:53 AM [Full View]
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From: Plum on 26th July 2012 12:04 AM [Full View]
Where should I put this? Read a Rahul Dravid interview to Sanju Manju and Arsa Bogle in Kirukkinfo. When talk turns to Rahul's intellectual proclivities, he says something like
"I have always had that bent of mind. There were other cricketers like taht. Sanju for instance. But obviously to a much lesser extent"
Rahul - yuvaar englis gendilman. I wish we had a video of this interview and I could see Manju's face at that point
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From: P_R on 26th July 2012 12:42 AM [Full View]
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From: Plum on 26th July 2012 09:16 PM [Full View]
Preview of Eng-SA second test:
Originally Posted by Andrew Strauss, via P_R, to general public, speaking about Graeme Smith
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From: VinodKumar's on 26th July 2012 10:34 PM [Full View]
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From: Plum on 29th July 2012 06:23 PM [Full View]
Bopara dropped. AhA irundha oru weak pointum pOchE - Strauss to Smith: ippO enna seiveenga, ippO enna seiveenga? . England invincible now
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From: Plum on 29th July 2012 06:39 PM [Full View]
Wrong line of thought. In a green-top, you dont have to bat patiently to save a match. What amtter si scounter-attacking skills wherein a bold lower order batsman can throw his bat around and take the team from 89/6 to 224 all out or something like that. Broad and Swann are capable of this and more, nto to mention Prior and Bresnan. Broad and Prior have a 300+ run partnership against Asif and Aamir for St George's sake! Originally Posted by 19thmay
This is where England have the edge on a green top. Not to mention SA's so called best batsman ABdv, I cant remember him having a pivotal knock in an important series ever!
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From: wizzy on 29th July 2012 07:00 PM [Full View]
James Taylor, the Nottinghamshire batsman, has been called up for the second Test against South Africa at Headingley after Ravi Bopara was ruled out because of what the ECB said were 'personal issues'.
anyways good to see Eng got the same no.6 issue
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From: Plum on 29th July 2012 07:33 PM [Full View]
If you remember my pre-series EA sports simulation, I dropped Bopara after the first test, got in James Hildreth and he scored 190 in the second match, his debut. Adhu Hildreth idhu Taylor. Prachnai(for thennaapirikka) ellAm oNNu dhaan
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From: wizzy on 29th July 2012 07:56 PM [Full View]
^Weed clamoring for Chavi's inclusion in the 2nd test must have been the final nail 'shortball' Bairstow deserved another go.
also can't see Eng punting on a debutant in a high profile series..this could well be their ploy to play 5 bowlers with Finn in the mix.
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From: 19thmay on 29th July 2012 08:33 PM [Full View]
Oh yeah against Morkel/Steyn/Philander/Kallis in green top? Hmmm...paapom. Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 29th July 2012 10:24 PM [Full View]
Chatterjee-naalum oru nyaayam venaamaa Originally Posted by Plum
. indha knock-laam gold-nga.
Ravi "personal issues" seem to be a blessing for England. Flower might unleash the next KP/Trott and win the series Originally Posted by wizzy
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From: Plum on 29th July 2012 10:40 PM [Full View]
andha knock-ai nAn pAkkalaiyE puLi
. Technically I was right. I still havent "een" him play a pivotal knock!
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From: Plum on 29th July 2012 11:03 PM [Full View]
That and all, in retrospect, was against kaipuLLa Australia. indha England kitta theRamaiya kAtta sollunga pAppOm?
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From: ajithfederer on 30th July 2012 11:23 AM [Full View]
19th Maams, england recently at-least since 2009 have used home conditions well wrt bowling. While their lower order which has been effective till last match may do better/worse their bowling could hold the trick.
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From: ajithfederer on 30th July 2012 12:46 PM [Full View]
Plum unga friend mr. chappel inna sollirukaarna!!
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/574409.htmlStrauss needs to get aggressive
He cannot wait for South Africa to make mistakes; which is why he should pick the attacking Steven Finn for the next Test
This leads to the question: is Steven Finn missing from the England attack purely because Tim Bresnan better suits Strauss' captaincy style? Finn is an attacking bowler and his presence could be just the boost England need to revive their battered morale. However, his inclusion would be a stern test of Strauss' flexibility as a captain.
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From: wizzy on 30th July 2012 01:42 PM [Full View]
Chappelli rivals Sanju Manju in speaking with the benefit of hindsight..Eng didn't drop a test with Bresnan in the team and they already have a well rounded attack with Daisy/Barbie/Swann and throw in Bresnan's batting skills with their no. 6 issue and him being the first choice seems to be a no-brainer but again since their attack was rendered so toothless in the first test Eng should/will press for a change in the second test.
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From: wizzy on 30th July 2012 11:14 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
Ravi "personal issues" seem to be a blessing for England. Flower might unleash the next KP/Trott and win the series.cruel guyIt is not the first time Bopara’s chaotic private life has impinged on his cricket and he missed England’s trip to Flanders to honour the War dead in 2009 after forgetting his passport. His latest problem could not have been more poorly timed, coming just days before a Test match. Andrew Strauss’s side must either win or draw if they are to maintain their position as the world’s No 1 Test team.The decision also comes at a pivotal moment for Bopara, who has yet to cement his Test place following two soft dismissals at the Oval where South Africa hammered the home side by an innings and 12 runs. In an England career so far shaped by mishaps, misfortune and bad timing, this looks like another terrible miscue.
Andy Flower, who has championed him ever since the two played together at Essex, will also feel badly let down. As one source who knows both men said on Sunday: “Most employers don’t have staff not turning up for work just because there’s a problem at home.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...lling-out.html
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From: ajithfederer on 30th July 2012 11:21 PM [Full View]
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From: ajithfederer on 31st July 2012 06:24 PM [Full View]
South Africa in England 2012
Oval a 'public humiliation' - Swann
Andrew McGlashan
July 31, 2012
England's defeat in the opening Test against South Africa has been termed a "public humiliation" by Graeme Swann and continued what he said had been a "dismal" run of results since the team achieved their No. 1 ranking a year ago.
The innings-and-12-run loss was their fifth in nine Tests this year, which included a 3-0 whitewash against Pakistan in the UAE. In contrast, they did not lose a Test the previous year and won six of their eight matches, propelling them to the top.
"After a few days it doesn't get any prettier," he said. "Even though we gave away a couple of soft dismissals you think 260 for 3 should have been a platform for 500. Almost from the moment we turned up on day two the wheels fell off the wagon - it was awful. Can't really describe it any other way.
"It was a sort of public humiliation by the end of it, fielding that long and then getting skittled afterwards. I think that prompted that meeting afterwards and prompted a lot of honesty and people saying that's not going to happen again.
"It's the old kick up the arse isn't it? You can approach everything holistically and be a bit trendy about things but sometimes a size ten up the backside is what you need and if ever you have a boot up the arse it was last week. I can't deny the fact that since we've been number one we've got a dismal record. Whether that goes hand in hand with being number one I don't really know, you need someone more qualified with the workings of the human mind."
In the hours after the match finished England held an honest meeting in the dressing room before departing their separate ways, with most players escaping the intensity of cricket for a few days. It was not the first no-holds-barred debrief the team have had while under the leadership of Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower, but rarely have they needed them more after such a comprehensive defeat.
"Normally you can't wait to see the back of each other after a loss and we disperse quickly but the two Andys were quite keen to make sure we focused on it," Swann said. "So we sat down and got quite a bit of honesty from the group, which happened. It was a horrible two hours as it was about 300 degrees in that hot, sweaty changing-room. But I think it brought the best out of the situation as there was a lot of honesty, a lot of people raising their hands saying we should have done this better and that better. I think that works, but for me if a game goes like that I just pretend it never happened."
"It will have taken a dent last week, because to get bowled out twice on that pitch was pretty inexcusable and to take two wickets in 190 overs was equally inexcusable. But having had that meeting afterwards and everyone switching their focus to this game hopeful it will be water under the bridge. We're behind now and hopefully people will come out fighting."
"There will be calls for it in some quarters after taking two wickets in 180 overs. I don't think we should change a great deal," he said. " I don't think we should hit the panic button because what we have done, even through the period of fairly poor results, we have still bowled well as a unit and bowled teams out twice."
--- Selectively posted some stuff here. For more go here http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/574824.html
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From: Plum on 31st July 2012 09:27 PM [Full View]
Swann - Down to earth. This is why this England team will never suffer the humiliating losses that India had as #1
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From: ajithfederer on 1st August 2012 12:22 PM [Full View]
Schools give South Africa the edge
Higher standards in grassroots cricket, and warmer weather, are two vital advantages South Africa has over England
Will Hawkes
July 31, 2012
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/573366.html
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From: P_R on 1st August 2012 12:33 PM [Full View]
eppadiNNE ivvaLO nallA viLayAdurAinga
avinga oorla veyil adikkin
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From: wizzy on 1st August 2012 12:53 PM [Full View]
let the series end..ennum evlo eulogies erukko does Saffa schools have advanced chokey courses in their curriculum
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From: wizzy on 1st August 2012 01:39 PM [Full View]
James Taylor..guess he still uses his small boys pads
http://www.wisdenindia.com/wp-conten...aylor-Finn.jpg
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From: Plum on 1st August 2012 08:04 PM [Full View]
Eight reasons why south africa will not win the second test against England starting tomorrow at headingley:
* #8 -Saffers usually lose immediately after winning a test
* #7 - this series has been one of reversal of history - Saffa had never won at oval and they won now. They have never lost in headingley. History will reverse itself this time
* #6 - England have won immediately ater losing at home recently
* *5 - Tim Bresnan hasn't gone a 3 test streak of not winning
* #4 - saffa batting is weak. It is just a matter of one wicket and floodgates will open
* #3 - Taylor will likely play for England. He has never lost a match in England colours
* #2 - If he doesn't, Finn will harass the weak saffa line up
* #1 - Saffas are chokers :faramurotfl:
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From: SoftSword on 1st August 2012 08:09 PM [Full View]
at #3... england colors?? test match'nga
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 12:38 PM [Full View]
. Plum, kannumunnu theriyama strategy potta ipdi than.
What's the weather forecast in headingley today?
Originally Posted by SoftSword
at #3... england colors?? test match'nga
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 12:40 PM [Full View]
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From: Plum on 2nd August 2012 01:13 PM [Full View]
En White oru colour illaiyA? andha #3-yE summA jujulibAkku pottadhu dhAn. adhellAm oru reasonA. #1 reason is enough for Thennaappirikka to not win this match. vERA enna vENum.
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 02:54 PM [Full View]
public public... Originally Posted by Plum
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 03:12 PM [Full View]
What is Humiliating about that loss?? an over hyped team lost to the best team! England should wake up to Reality from Halucination ! Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 03:18 PM [Full View]
swann misses out the test...
bhajjiku vandha adhae vayitthuvali pOla...
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From: scorpio on 2nd August 2012 03:23 PM [Full View]
PS- adhutha anju naaLaikku plis to support Engilaandhu.....
avunga maNNai kavvinaprum meendum SA-kku third test-la aadharavu kodunga.
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From: scorpio on 2nd August 2012 03:24 PM [Full View]
England all pace attack, first bowling......pitch report enna? green top-aa?
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From: scorpio on 2nd August 2012 03:28 PM [Full View]
The first-innings scores in the last three Tests have been 203, 102 and 88.
naasamaa pOchu
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 03:31 PM [Full View]
massive adv. to Eng with them bowling..who writes these scripts
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 03:40 PM [Full View]
Maami neeenga ethukku sollureenga nu puriyuthu Originally Posted by scorpio
PS- adhutha anju naaLaikku plis to support Engilaandhu.....
Come on England make Elizabeth proud !
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 03:42 PM [Full View]
yeah, weather is not as hot as it was in the first test, it "may" assit the Yorkshire boys! Originally Posted by scorpio
green top-aa?
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 03:51 PM [Full View]
hmm Swann dropped eh//
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From: P_R on 2nd August 2012 04:07 PM [Full View]
9 overs still no wicket
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:09 PM [Full View]
Finn into attack
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 04:09 PM [Full View]
400 runs since England took the last wicket, informs David Lloyd..
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 04:11 PM [Full View]
yov
Originally Posted by P_R
9 overs still no wicket
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:17 PM [Full View]
Cook
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From: P_R on 2nd August 2012 04:21 PM [Full View]
They are not even troubling the openers. Bowling already looks toothless.
If Alviro-Smith are not troubled, forget about Amla, Kallis already.
No Swann and only two slips for the pacers already?? - Strauss - bledyy Saffer.
So long It was good to be on top for as long as we did. More than what I could have hoped for in the suffering 90s. What Nasser started, Strauss delivered. Good to have been around to see it.
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:21 PM [Full View]
dead ball
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:25 PM [Full View]
terrible call that by Davis.
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 04:28 PM [Full View]
Spike says: "I believe the umpire had spoken to him about this during the other two instances, and the umpire had already made up his mind that the next time this happens it would be a dead ball."
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 04:32 PM [Full View]
What is a dead ball?
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:35 PM [Full View]
shabba let the session end...Finn will get wickets before lunch,,also no chatterjeeing pliss Originally Posted by P_R
They are not even troubling the openers. Bowling already looks toothless.
If Alviro-Smith are not troubled, forget about Amla, Kallis already.
No Swann and only two slips for the pacers already?? - Strauss - bledyy Saffer.
So long It was good to be on top for as long as we did. More than what I could have hoped for in the suffering 90s. What Nasser started, Strauss delivered. Good to have been around to see it.
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 04:35 PM [Full View]
Coming back to the dead ball by Finn - that was the third time he knocked down the stumps today while bowling. Smith had already had a word with the umpire about it, before his 'dismissal', so it was a fair call by Steve Davis. Harsh on England, but that's the rule.
A fair decision by Davis then, especially since Smith had already had a word with him about it before the incident happened. Time for some drinks now..
Here's what the rule book says: Either umpire shall call and signal Dead ball when the striker is distracted by any noise or movement or in any other way while he is preparing to receive, or receiving a delivery. This shall apply whether the source of the distraction is within the game or outside it.
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 04:36 PM [Full View]
ball of a deadman... Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 04:38 PM [Full View]
any live streaming links???
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From: P_R on 2nd August 2012 04:38 PM [Full View]
No chatterjee boss. I was hoping for one of the openers before the first bowling change and atleast one more wicket before lunch.
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:39 PM [Full View]
SS, why didn't Davis call it 'deadball' every single time Finn knocks the stumps OZ umpire so that settles it
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 04:42 PM [Full View]
thanks man.
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 04:48 PM [Full View]
wizzy... Originally Posted by wizzy
SS, why didn't Davis call it 'deadball' every single time Finn knocks the stumps OZ umpire so that settles it
first time accidental, so they umpire would jus let it go - but if the batsman demands that it distracted him, then the umpire would call it dead
second time the umpires have warned the bowler it seems, also smith discussed with the umps that its distracting...
all the first two times smith had the rights to insist the umpire to call it dead...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 04:59 PM [Full View]
Bad Joke SS
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 04:59 PM [Full View]
SS, now the umpire has started calling Finn still had Smith got a 4 off the dead ball would the umpire called it dead...imo too harsh a call considering many times bowlers have gotten wickets after knocking the stumps.
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 04:59 PM [Full View]
Both smith and petersen should have been back at the hut by now if not for english goofups. Pr over reacting
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 05:00 PM [Full View]
Idhu vidhanda vaadham. He was warned twice before. Ovvoru thadavayum stump-ae thatti vitta it will be disturbing for the batsman.
Originally Posted by wizzy
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From: Dinesh84 on 2nd August 2012 05:03 PM [Full View]
They are mourning about the dead ball in kirukinfo
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 05:03 PM [Full View]
Santhoshamaa?. Smith will gladly accept it
Smith pulls four in front of midwicket ... but it won't count, as Finn had disturbed the bails again. Call it even?
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 05:04 PM [Full View]
wizz... even if its a four, the umpire can still call it a deadball if he wanted to... and if in case the batsman insists, he has to oblige...
adhaan ennoda abipraayam...
its very common now when a batsman gets out, the umpires ask him to wait to see if its a legal delivery... they are not doing it for every other delivery even if its a boundary... me thinks its the same there...
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 05:06 PM [Full View]
AF, Finn always had the issue never seen any one calling him before..kudos to Kirten/Smith for doing their homework and turning the heat on umpire.
Smith just got a 4...poor Finn
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From: P_R on 2nd August 2012 05:11 PM [Full View]
SA eppo declare paNNuvAinga?
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 05:12 PM [Full View]
"Hey, I remember seeing Shaun Pollock hit the nonstriker's stumps regularly while bowling, but never was he dead-balled once.. Why all this now with Finn?" wonders Vinod Charan Dass. I think the difference is that Smith mentioned it to the umpire as a distraction in the this case
wizz : smith/kirsten ploy
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 07:06 PM [Full View]
Dim Pressnan
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From: scorpio on 2nd August 2012 07:07 PM [Full View]
Oh no.....Smithy out and misses out on a century
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 07:15 PM [Full View]
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...900/147966.jpg
James Anderson goes to kick the turf after Alviro Petersen's edge is dropped, 2nd Investec Test, Headingley, 1st day, August 2, 2012
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 07:18 PM [Full View]
Amalan run out
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From: hamid on 2nd August 2012 07:18 PM [Full View]
bad mix up...
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 07:19 PM [Full View]
Law of averages comes to play.
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From: hamid on 2nd August 2012 07:19 PM [Full View]
what a weet shot off the first ball..Kallis
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 07:19 PM [Full View]
Chokeys are back
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From: 19thmay on 2nd August 2012 07:25 PM [Full View]
Kalliswaran iruka bayam yen? Paai thalaganiyellam eduthukitiya rasa??
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From: hamid on 2nd August 2012 07:57 PM [Full View]
Kallisum poyachu
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 07:59 PM [Full View]
ahem Originally Posted by 19thmay
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 07:59 PM [Full View]
i so frickin knew it.
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 08:02 PM [Full View]
A bowler's match from now on. :mrgeen:
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 08:09 PM [Full View]
AF, for the first time Kallis was been put to test in Eng and this is how he responds
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From: ajithfederer on 2nd August 2012 08:11 PM [Full View]
Idhaye naan sonna sandaikku varuvaanga. Let's take it easy
Originally Posted by wizzy
AF, for the first time Kallis was been put to test in Eng and this is how he responds
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From: SoftSword on 2nd August 2012 09:26 PM [Full View]
PR fasting mudichuttaaraa?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 2nd August 2012 09:32 PM [Full View]
Lord Indira has gone, Lord Surya has arrived! But none of these lords can save the queen! LOL
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From: VinodKumar's on 2nd August 2012 09:45 PM [Full View]
ABD , Rudolph (ivana EA cricket 2007 la yae naa team ah vuttu thookiruvaen) , Duminy ellorum sernthu eppdiyachum oru 400 kondu vanthurungada.
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From: wizzy on 2nd August 2012 11:23 PM [Full View]
Finn is the best bowler on view today though the scorecard will say otherwise
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From: 19thmay on 3rd August 2012 10:15 AM [Full View]
vidupa vidupa .. its just one inning. Originally Posted by wizzy
ahem
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 3rd August 2012 02:49 PM [Full View]
BBC was extremley quiet about the match.
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From: scorpio on 3rd August 2012 04:54 PM [Full View]
Oru vazhiyaa, SA crosses 300 and Alviro crosses 150
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From: hamid on 3rd August 2012 05:12 PM [Full View]
Thats Outtttttttt????????
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From: SoftSword on 3rd August 2012 05:15 PM [Full View]
benefit of the bowler...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 3rd August 2012 07:10 PM [Full View]
SA to score 450+ , and Eng 100/3 end of 2nd day play!
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From: scorpio on 3rd August 2012 07:32 PM [Full View]
400 cross paNNiyaachu
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From: ajithfederer on 3rd August 2012 08:33 PM [Full View]
2 over achu innum no wikkat
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From: Plum on 4th August 2012 01:40 PM [Full View]
Advantage England at Lord's
If England make it 1-1 at Headingley (which they are most likely to), It will be 2-1 at Lord's and the greatest come back in a 3 test series since 2001. (that series )
Planets are aligning for England again. Lucky dastards!
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From: ajithfederer on 4th August 2012 04:46 PM [Full View]
Biladdy rain helping england to draw.
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From: P_R on 4th August 2012 05:08 PM [Full View]
Because of this rain the match will draw, thus England can't win the series. Thus they will be demoted.
Cha' great escape for Saffers.
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From: ajithfederer on 4th August 2012 05:17 PM [Full View]
Senthil: Ooty'la nooru acre estate irukku!!
GM: Ootyla irukkuda, unaku irukka!!
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From: SoftSword on 4th August 2012 05:35 PM [Full View]
af... they the escape..
next two days similar weather...
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From: ajithfederer on 4th August 2012 05:48 PM [Full View]
1.15pm We have confirmation that play will resume at 1.30pm which is good news. Bits of blue sky around but also some dark clouds. Tea will now be at 4pm with the close at 7pm, although we can play until 7.30pm. George Binoy will be with you for the resumption.
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From: SoftSword on 4th August 2012 05:53 PM [Full View]
enga oorula innikki matchu cancel... naalaikkum cancel...
watta timing this series...
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From: ajithfederer on 4th August 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
Trott poitaan. indha mani payal romba neram aaduvane.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 4th August 2012 08:28 PM [Full View]
Horrible shot from Bell....
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From: Plum on 4th August 2012 09:25 PM [Full View]
Mr Feeyar - 1-1 means England still #1. Anyway, idnha testla nInga jeyikkaRInga...
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From: Plum on 4th August 2012 10:45 PM [Full View]
We are back babbbyyyyy!!
Take that faramu
take that scorps
take that littlemaster!
England are winning this - raththam raththamA kakki sAga pOgudhu ThenAppirikkA.
Feeyar kEtta Ratthtam ippO litre literA perugi Odudhu Headingley maidanathula. kAvu vAngittAndA kAval Deivam Kevin.
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!
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From: ajithfederer on 5th August 2012 09:09 AM [Full View]
Pieterssaaaa
Don't know when will CSA realize that they are losing big talents and stop it. If it was for India inneram kalavarame vedichirukkum.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 5th August 2012 09:32 AM [Full View]
England to get a good lead here. Bigger problems for SA if the tail wags. Match seemingly heading for a draw. But with SA, you might never know.
KP...Great innings..
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From: Plum on 5th August 2012 01:46 PM [Full View]
Fromt he time KP retired from short forms, Mike Selvey(who is close to Greg Chappell, Andy Flower and others in England management, and therefore keeps saying unfounded allegations on Sahcin and others and now KP because he has fallen foul with Flower) lept implying KP will nopt play tests for England for long very gleefully. Much to his chagrin, KP has succeeded and he has written a vaai puLithathdO praise now for KP.
I am happy at the very factt hat how much it must have hurt this little Englander to even write praise on KP. That is punishment in itself. God -
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From: wizzy on 5th August 2012 02:36 PM [Full View]
with Saffers injury list and their customary C still in the offing Eng look all set to level the series surprised that none of the Eng writes haven't done any profiling on James Taylor..was half-expecting Athers to call him little master
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From: 19thmay on 5th August 2012 05:19 PM [Full View]
So what happened to strong Brit's lower order?
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From: ajithfederer on 5th August 2012 05:26 PM [Full View]
A review in the 2nd over of anderson.
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From: wizzy on 5th August 2012 07:14 PM [Full View]
no Swann..best no.10 in the world as Beffy puts it Originally Posted by 19thmay
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:04 AM [Full View]
Smith- injured and doubtful for 3rd test. 2nd InningslEyE wobbling
Petersen - hamstring done. another doubt
Kallis - back spasms . Cannot bowl again in the series(evne if he does, cannot bowl effectively)
de Lange - injured and gone
His replacement Albie - injured and gone
England? One Chris Tremlett, who is the 796th choice for them out injured.
How can luck favour one country so much?
St George has worked overtime with the Gods up there. Britain is rising!
Watch out - when Britain rise, it is not just sports domination they'll be satisfied(unlike those bogan australians). They'll go for the World!
We are back baby! Britain is back! The Empire Strikes Back! We'll enslave the world and loot the third world countries again! Coming Soon!
For the present, a victory/draw in the current Cricket Test Series with South Africa would be a nice start!
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRR!
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:06 AM [Full View]
And Arise, Sir Faramu! For your tireless contribution to Britain's rise in the Sporting arena. Your contribution is immense and cannot be measured in mere titles.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 03:32 PM [Full View]
Flau
Indran saves the hapless England. SA chokers eh ?
Inglees Media like Bee Bee Zee and Sky are not mentioning Griged under their "BREAKING NEWS" tag, wonder why !
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From: ajithfederer on 6th August 2012 04:12 PM [Full View]
Paramu, Don't be modest-nga. Unganaala than GB Team olympic-la nalla pannudhu, eng cricket team-um nalla velayadudhu plus murray vera tennis gold medal vaangiaatru. I request everybody to hereafter call you as Sir. Paramu.
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From: scorpio on 6th August 2012 04:17 PM [Full View]
Cricbuzz- 4 SA batsmen have hit centuries while 5 Eng bowlers have conceded more than 100 runs in an innings in this series
Rain and a Protea saves England at Leeds!
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 04:21 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: P_R on 6th August 2012 04:42 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 04:44 PM [Full View]
idhellaam enco'rage pannadheenga
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 04:49 PM [Full View]
itha thanE sonnEnunga ! Every one said SA will choke in the second match , look at what is happening. Originally Posted by scorpio
Wonder why Amla did not open the batting today ?
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From: 19thmay on 6th August 2012 05:29 PM [Full View]
Indha maadhri velaya enga sothai-yE pannuvaan, hey sotha, pannikaatu...and there comes Rudolph scores 50* Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
England
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From: P_R on 6th August 2012 05:35 PM [Full View]
I am dead against Paramu's misspelling 'nga. azhudhuruvEn..nilamai. Originally Posted by SoftSword
idhellaam enco'rage pannadheenga
But this time he outdid himself, by misspelling without altering ANYTHING in the pronunciation. adhaan siRippu peeRikittu vandhuruchu.
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 06:01 PM [Full View]
aana edhirkatchikkaaran enna nenappaan...
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 07:01 PM [Full View]
Smith was robbed exciting finish
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 07:25 PM [Full View]
Come on P_R , Ithellathaiyum serious ah eduthuka koodathu Originally Posted by P_R
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 07:26 PM [Full View]
Yaarai pathi pEsureenga Originally Posted by 19thmay
Indha maadhri velaya enga sothai-yE pannuvaan, hey sotha, pannikaatu...and there comes Rudolph scores 50*
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 07:39 PM [Full View]
for all who said SA are chokers! England were beaton 3-0 by Pakistan, followed by a drawn series in Lanka! Now they will be beaton 2-0 or 1-0 by SA to take the series!
Ivanunga ellam epddai world no 1
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 07:42 PM [Full View]
Sir PS strikes again
Well-timed comment from Morten here. "Pietersen is indeed leading wicket-taker and run-scorer for England this series... he also has the highest score, best bowling figures and best strike rates with both bat and ball... what a man!!!"
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 07:43 PM [Full View]
South African taking 3 South African wickets! It loooks like SA Vs SA
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From: P_R on 6th August 2012 07:48 PM [Full View]
Andy Flower: sathiyasodhanai
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 08:06 PM [Full View]
C
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From: littlemaster1982 on 6th August 2012 08:18 PM [Full View]
Another wicket Peterson won't play
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 08:19 PM [Full View]
. Come on Kallis. Get into T20 mode and hit quick 50.
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 08:19 PM [Full View]
Petersen has walked out to crease. Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Another wicket Peterson won't play
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 08:22 PM [Full View]
Choke Africa . Fast track peership fopr. Faramu : hail Lord Paramu of Ilford-EastHam
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From: littlemaster1982 on 6th August 2012 08:26 PM [Full View]
Oh yeah, Philander 5 down vandhadhaala Petersen vilaiyaduvaana-nu oru doubt. Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 08:27 PM [Full View]
lol seriously... Originally Posted by Plum
Choke Africa . Fast track peership fopr. Faramu : hail Lord Paramu of Ilford-EastHam
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 08:29 PM [Full View]
Saffers getting bowled out before tea would sets this game nicely...come on PS do the needful
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 08:30 PM [Full View]
Kallis the clutch player
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 08:33 PM [Full View]
watta twist... PR and PARAM
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From: littlemaster1982 on 6th August 2012 08:34 PM [Full View]
You jinxed him Originally Posted by wizzy
Kallis the clutch player
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 08:34 PM [Full View]
Kallis naansans.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 08:35 PM [Full View]
yOv I don't live there, I actually live in Green Fark, Opposite to Puckinghum Falace Originally Posted by Plum
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From: mgb on 6th August 2012 08:36 PM [Full View]
i don't think england can cross 200 in their 2nd innings if they get to play today
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From: ajithfederer on 6th August 2012 08:36 PM [Full View]
Sir Paramu. Bloody then aaprikans
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 08:39 PM [Full View]
that was after Kallumaama did a kathak Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
You jinxed him
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 08:45 PM [Full View]
Neengaluma ? sari ellarum oru mudivilla thaan irukeenga Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Sir Paramu
SA to score 270+, Eng wont be able to chase that !
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 08:45 PM [Full View]
match towards drawnu solraanga...
sureshot result no?
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From: littlemaster1982 on 6th August 2012 08:45 PM [Full View]
Unless KP repeats his first inn performance, Eng doesn't have any chance at all. Originally Posted by mgb
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 08:46 PM [Full View]
target of 240 in 40 overs is very gettable with KP/Prior been let loose Originally Posted by mgb
with series on the line Eng should/will go for it.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 08:48 PM [Full View]
Illeeng, 2nd Innings la 240/40 over very unlikely, Indran is also popping in and out, and it is getting dark! Originally Posted by wizzy
target of 240 in 40 overs is very gettable with KP/Prior been let loose with series on the line Eng should/will go for it.
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From: mgb on 6th August 2012 08:50 PM [Full View]
If England goes for it they are sure to lose the match.. given english conservativeness they wont go for it
it is not sreesanth and ishant bowling at them.. it will be steyn n philander
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 08:55 PM [Full View]
oops sorry... 5th day... Originally Posted by SoftSword
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From: ajithfederer on 6th August 2012 09:12 PM [Full View]
Stainnnnnn
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 09:20 PM [Full View]
Declaration ... Steyn poi sollirupaanu nenaikiraen ivanungalae soruvuraanunga naambala soruva mudiyaathanu.
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From: mgb on 6th August 2012 09:21 PM [Full View]
target set panniyaachu.. 259 in 39 overs.. win panna sollunga paappom.. england lets loose'a, illa loose motion'anu Originally Posted by wizzy
target of 240 in 40 overs is very gettable with KP/Prior been let loose with series on the line Eng should/will go for it.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 09:21 PM [Full View]
252 in 248 balls, almost a run per ball! With Indran waiting to pay a visit! and dark clouds! England have no chance!
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From: littlemaster1982 on 6th August 2012 09:22 PM [Full View]
It would be great if England loses due to few controversial decisions
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 09:23 PM [Full View]
lol... good one... Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Declaration ... Steyn poi sollirupaanu nenaikiraen ivanungalae soruvuraanunga naambala soruva mudiyaathanu.
munname declare pannirukkanum...
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 09:27 PM [Full View]
so much hate Originally Posted by mgb
KP should open.
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From: littlemaster1982 on 6th August 2012 09:28 PM [Full View]
KP to get out within first 10 overs
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From: ajithfederer on 6th August 2012 09:31 PM [Full View]
One solid T-20 innings is enough to get this. SA
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 09:32 PM [Full View]
12 runs in first over
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From: mgb on 6th August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
good start by england so far
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
PeershiplAm engE vacancy irukkO anga dhAn koduppAngannu(ninaikkaREn). ippO Duchess of York nejamAlumE YorkshirelayA irukkAnga? Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
yOv I don't live there, I actually live in Green Fark, Opposite to Puckinghum Falace
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
Princess of Wales Buckingham PalacelO dhAnE vasichAnga?
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 09:34 PM [Full View]
Kadaisia sambo siva sambo nu oru dance vera poduvaanungalae ivanunga jevichita
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:37 PM [Full View]
Choke Africa Choke Africa Choke Africa
Faramu - LordshiplAm paththAdhu.Faramu, promoted to Duke of Cambridge (partly in recognition of his services to the mutiliation of the Queen's language especially when dealing with nouns)
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From: mgb on 6th August 2012 09:37 PM [Full View]
why Steyn doesn't open the bowling now a days ?
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 09:39 PM [Full View]
Saffers can always kill the chase by asking Thayir to bowl negative line
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:39 PM [Full View]
Steyn is over rated. We have seen how he crumbles like a Papad when a quality batsman takes him on. Devil in IPL. KP in the 1st innings.
This is the problem with SA - they can win when they can slowly plot their way through but the moment they face spirited opposition, they crumble. Steyn CANNOT be called the best bowler in the world despite the statistics and rankings. He just is not able to deal with even half-decent opposition when under pressure. adhukkE apdinnA indha English great batting lineup munnAdi epdi crumble AvAn?
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 09:41 PM [Full View]
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From: mgb on 6th August 2012 09:41 PM [Full View]
wizzy.. unga next hero yaaru? prior? bring him i say
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From: SoftSword on 6th August 2012 09:42 PM [Full View]
brown sugar in master vaai.. Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
KP to get out within first 10 overs
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 09:43 PM [Full View]
KP gone. Master intha match England thothuta treat vaikanum neenga.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 09:44 PM [Full View]
gEvin FedersEn
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 09:44 PM [Full View]
thats it Eng have closed the shutters with KP gone so much for being no.1 test side
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 09:45 PM [Full View]
thEriyala Maharani kitta kEttutu solren Originally Posted by Plum
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
aamang athuku enna ippo Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
One thing is clear - if you just apply a little pressure, this Saffer side will crumble. England will take the confidence to Lord's. I cannot see anything other than a 2-1 for England or 1-1 in this series. As Nasser Hussain would say, the moral victory is already England's. We just need to wait about 1.5-3 hours to see the actual victory of England in this test.
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:49 PM [Full View]
Westminsterla irundhukittu Walesku DuchessA irukkaRachE, GreenParkla irundhukittu East Hamku peerA irukka mudiyAdhA? Distrct line pidichA 20 nimisham?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 09:51 PM [Full View]
England appadi enna great batting line up?? how many of the averages above 50 in test matches ??
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:52 PM [Full View]
Warney - poor call Originally Posted by Shane Warne, on Sky,
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 09:52 PM [Full View]
Around that, I hate district Line always delays and it is quite slow as well! Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:54 PM [Full View]
In England, the conditions are not favourable for batting. England batsmen play half their test matches in England. So England batsman averaging 40 = Sub continent batsman averaging 50.
Basically, that means Cook>Sachin, Strauss~=Dravid, KP>>>>>>> Sehwag, Bell>>>>Laxman, Taylor>>>>Raina, Trott>>>>Gambhir. You do the math.
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 09:58 PM [Full View]
AnA oNNu - Kallis neRaiya run adikkaNumnu pala pErai(Yaarai? yaaraiyO) nenaikka vechcha series anEgamA idhA thAn irukkum!
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th August 2012 10:01 PM [Full View]
Fair point Originally Posted by Plum
Neenga India va ovoru thadavaiyum Eng oda compare panrathu sariyana Naradar vEla pOla theriyuthu Originally Posted by Plum
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From: ajithfederer on 6th August 2012 10:50 PM [Full View]
17.4
Steyn to Cook, OUT, 142.3 kph, and the ball change does the trick! Blow for England, Cook playing to leg gets a leading edge to short extra cover. It was on a length and Cook played slightly across it, enough to chip to the fielder, could this be game on for South Africa now perhaps?
AN Cook c Rudolph b Steyn 46 (62b 5x4 1x6) SR: 74.19
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From: hamid on 6th August 2012 11:02 PM [Full View]
Still SA is in with a chance
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 11:07 PM [Full View]
England are T20 World Champions. 19 OVers 146 runslAm jujubee....
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 11:11 PM [Full View]
Steyn really cranking it up
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From: hamid on 6th August 2012 11:11 PM [Full View]
England chase is off when prior was out...even before that they didnt have realistic chance, but played for the crowd
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From: hamid on 6th August 2012 11:12 PM [Full View]
Steyn.
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 11:15 PM [Full View]
England will flippin' murder SA - just wait and see...
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From: hamid on 6th August 2012 11:21 PM [Full View]
Smith. Attack more buddy. Get all the fielders around the bat
Also gift few boundaries and get the crowd and england going for it
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th August 2012 11:22 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by hamid
Smith. Attack more buddy. Get all the fielders around the bat
Also gift few boundaries and get the crowd and england going for it ..Uccha katta aanandham .
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From: ajithfederer on 6th August 2012 11:25 PM [Full View]
Sky commies talking about shaking hands and walking off may be after like 4-5 overs.
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From: hamid on 6th August 2012 11:25 PM [Full View]
How come that became an unfortunate run out for matt prior
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From: wizzy on 6th August 2012 11:34 PM [Full View]
Kallis wasn't injured
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From: Plum on 6th August 2012 11:39 PM [Full View]
England seem to have settled for a draw. Well, they could have gone for a win.
Anyway, they'll take a moral victory to Lord's. South Africa are waiting to be flippin' murdered at Cricket's HQ
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From: venkkiram on 7th August 2012 01:24 AM [Full View]
87.4 Steyn to Pietersen, SIX, 83.0 mph, oh my goodness, he's just straight driven Dale Steyn - the No. 1 fast bowler in the world - straight back over his head for a massive six. Breathtaking stuff.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...000/148063.jpg
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 08:23 AM [Full View]
England v SA, 2nd Investec Test, Headingley, 5th day
Pietersen threatens England exit
George Dobell at Headingley
August 6, 2012
Kevin Pietersen could have played his last game for England after launching an astonishing attack on the ECB and other members of the England dressing room.
Pietersen, who has been unsettled for some time by the demands of the England schedule, refused to confirm that the final Test of the series against South Africa at Lord's would not be his last and expressed his anger that private conversations between him and officials at the ECB had been leaked to the media.
His comments are sure to be poorly received by those at Lord's and by his England colleagues. With a vital Test looming it is far from impossible that Pietersen could be disciplined or even dropped in an attempt to retain a semblance of team spirit within the England camp.
"I can't give any assurances that the next Test won't be my last," Pietersen said. "I'd like to carry on but there are obstacles that need to be worked out. There are other points I'm trying to sort out in the dressing room.
"It would be a huge shame. I love playing Test cricket for England, but we'll see. For me, the saddest part about all this is that the spectators just love watching me play and I love playing for England."
Pietersen confirmed that some of his issues concerned a desire to play more IPL cricket, a wish to spend more time with his family and his enthusiasm to be included in England's World T20 squad. But he also insisted that there were "a lot of other issues that are more important that are being sorted".
"It's absolutely 100% not about money," he said. "This is not a money issue. The politics is what I have to deal with personally. It's tough being me playing for England.
"There's always speculation. There's speculation every single day. You guys speculate about my life all day every day. I'm going to make some decisions that will make me very happy."
Pietersen's current cause for concern is the leaking of information he regarded as private. Admitting that it revived memories of his sacking as England captain at the end of 2008, when Pietersen believes that his private concerns about the then England coach, Peter Moores, were also leaked to the media, he seemed to suggest that public opinion was being manipulated against him.
"It was blamed on me that before this Test series I was grabbing the headlines," he said. "Did I leak anything to the media about the meetings I was having with the ECB? I never spoke to the media for one single second and it was me grabbing the headlines and journalists talking about me grabbing the headlines. I never spoke a single word to a single journalist about anything that happened behind closed doors that I thought were closed doors. So you guys are always going to speculate and make me out to be the bad guy. No problem."
The catalyst for the latest controversy in a career that has seen more than most - including his dismissal as England captain and his departures from Nottinghamshire and Hampshire - is the prospect of a new round of annual central contracts in September. Pietersen, who effectively retired from international limited-overs cricket in May after expressing a reluctance to make himself available for all ODIs, has also requested that he is allowed to miss the Test series in New Zealand in March in order to play a whole season of IPL.
While he insisted that, in a perfect world, he would like to continue to play for England in all forms of game, his desire to pick and choose his series is most unlikely to be tolerated by the ECB. The ECB, citing the importance of treating all players equally and the dangers of setting a precedent, demands that players are available for all matches if they are to be considered for any.
Andrew Strauss, the England captain, was reluctant to be drawn on Pietersen's words. He did, however, underline the fact that the needs of the team would remain more important than the needs of the individual and that it was vital England were not distracted ahead of a Test that will confirm which is the No. 1 ranked Test side.
"One thing I will say, and it is important to stress this, is that the Team unity that we have had over the last three years has been outstanding," Strauss said. "It is something we all pride ourselves on, always have done and will continue to do so going forward.
"I hope the Kevin issue isn't going to be a distraction. The truth is we want as few distractions as possible in making sure we win this third Test match. I'm not here to talk about Kevin Pietersen. It is not something I want to talk about at this stage."
Feeds: George Dobell
© ESPN EMEA Ltd.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/576041.html
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 08:47 AM [Full View]
It's the typical English way of maligning a outsider. As KP points out, it is people like Mike Selvey in the media, who are close to Andy Flower, who leaked Flower and ECB's version of events ahead of the series and put KP in a spot.
Till today, he hasnt opened his mouth about it yet the English press is freely paintng him as a prima donna who deliberately grabbed the headlines before and during a crucial series.
It seems Strauss is just being devious, and will not stand up for his team mate who is being crucified and villified. Why am I not surprised? What he wants is a KP-less England team,
That's a huge, huge message to all you South Africans(who won't obviously be reading this thread) who aspire to play for England. This is what you get after 8 years of service for England, winning them things that they had been struggling for years to win.
Without KP's 158, there is no Ashes 2005 win for England
Without KP, there was no T20 WC for England
Without KP, they wouldnt have won crucial series on the path to #1.
Ingrates. Typical of them. England. Looting natives and cunningly manipulating them, and discarding them at opportune moments. For Centuries.
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:08 AM [Full View]
Also, Wizzy, pl suse your whatever contacts and ask NS mAmA to bid for Stuart Broad to play for Chennai Super Kings. And use his influence with the Ambanis to bid for Swann for Mumbai Indians. Cook for Rajasthan Royals and Prior sold to Mallya wouldnt be a bad idea, either.
We have a powerful tool, the IPL. Let's use it wisely, I say. A few million dollars here and there should be absorable loss for Seenu mAmA and other IPL franchise owners. aduththa varusham, pAdhi England team "As I am sufering from fever, please grant me leave in May-June"-nu ECB kitta pOyi nikkaNum.
This cunning move was done by Kerry Packer, the Australian. Unfortunately, Indians, despite a Chanakyan heritage, arent smart enough to "divide and rule". One KP is nearly not enough.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 09:17 AM [Full View]
Abso-freakin-lutely. This was what I told P_r couple of months back. England needs Pietersen more than he needs England. I am sorry but that's the truth. How would I love to see KP not playing and England losing the next match emphatically. Jakkkammaaaa!!!!
Originally Posted by Plum
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 09:19 AM [Full View]
If there is no KP England aren't gonna make enough runs on the board in the next match. Hell he took 3 wickets also.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 09:28 AM [Full View]
KEVIN PIETERSEN PRESS CONFERENCE: THE BEST BITS
Kevin Pietersen refused to rule out next week's final match against South Africa at Lord's being his last in Test cricket. Here are the highlights of his post-match press conference:
Question: Is there a chance your next Test might be your last?
Pietersen: 'Yes.'
Question: Can you elaborate?
Pietersen: 'No, not during a Test series, I'm afraid. You can ask me 100 times, I'm not going to answer it during a Test series.'
Question: Are you in discussion with Andy Flower and Hugh Morris?
Pietersen: 'Yeah, I'm trying.'
Question: Is this anything to do with the Indian Premier League or the World Twenty20?
Pietersen: 'That is two of many points - and they're not the main two points. Let's get that very clear. They're not the main two points - they're are other points I'm trying to sort out in the dressing room.
'The family thing is just another point, that's three points. But there's a lot of other issues that are more important that are being sorted.
'After the next Test match, we'll know a lot more.
'I love playing Test cricket for England, but...we'll see.'
Question: Is it anything to do with the captaincy stand-off?
Pietersen: 'Sort of, sort of...good question.
'It's absolutely 100 per cent not about money. This is not a money issue.
'There are clear things that I'm discussing. But there are other issues that need to be sorted.
'You'll find out soon enough. You're not going to find out tonight.
'You know what, for me, the saddest part about all this is that the spectators just love watching me play - and I love playing for England.
'The politics is what I have to deal with personally. It's tough being me playing for England."
Question: Is it tougher for you than the other England players?
Pietersen: 'You'll see.'
Question: Do you think you could play all three formats?
Pietersen: 'Yes. That's what I've tried.
'Read my Twitter feed. There's always speculation. There's speculation every single day. You guys speculate about my life all day every day.
'I'm going to make some decisions that will make me very happy.'
Question: Do you think this issue has dominated the build-up to the South Africa series?
Pietersen: 'Yeah, but it was blamed on me that pre the Test series that it was me grabbing the headlines.
'Did I leak anything to the media about the meetings I was having with the ECB? I never spoke to the media for one single second and it was me grabbing the headlines and journalists talking about me grabbing the headlines.
'I never spoke a single word to a single journalist about anything that happened behind closed doors that I thought were closed doors. So you guys are always going to speculate and make me out to be the bad guy. No problem.'
Question: Is there a deadline over this?
Pietersen: 'I don't know about a deadline.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cri...#ixzz22o2wKqSs
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:32 AM [Full View]
AF - much as KP ws instrumental in the past for England, I believe this England team will do equally well without him. Bowling win matches and that is England's strength - KP will not be missed and tht is why Andy FLower knows he can afford to destabilise him as he is doing now.
Dont underestimate Anglo Saxon Cunning. They know exactly when to strike and how..
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 09:48 AM [Full View]
BCCI, Get Pietersen to play for India 
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:50 AM [Full View]
Interviewer: How come you're not playing for England?
All ye aspiring England Cricketers among the good folk of South Africa, Ireland and Scotland and other assorted countries around the world - choosei nerchukONdi. manishantE ilA uNDAli. anthE kaani ekkada padithE akkadikeLLi evarikOsamaina test cricket aadatam kAdhu. Originally Posted by Kevin O'Brien, he of [I]that[/I] Blitzkrieg against England in the World Cup
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:51 AM [Full View]
AF, quote froM Guardian comment space
If I were the SACB chief, I'll approach KP with an offer of unlimited IPL windows, Any-Time-Coupons with Angelina Jolie/Janine Kallis/anyone he fancies and Daily Mandatory Leg Massages by Graeme Smith.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 09:54 AM [Full View]
Janine Kallis
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 10:13 AM [Full View]
Andy Flower and his selective leaks to Telegraph was never a wise idea..knew sth was amiss when Telegraph's columnists went out of their way to write eulogies on KP.
Prior's interview on Saturday hinting @ the same
oh the ironyPrior watched in admiration while Kevin Pietersen dismantled South Africa’s much-vaunted pace attack to plunder a magnificent 149 at Headingley on Saturday evening.
But speculation remains rife that Pietersen, who has already retired from limited overs international cricket, might also give up Test cricket so that he can his trade in lucrative domestic Twenty20 tournaments around the world.
“That would be a huge loss and a sad loss but the important thing for this team would be that whoever takes his places comes in and all 11 of us are pulling in the same direction. That’s what makes this England team a good one,” Prior said.
“Kev will make Kev’s decision. But when you look at the innings he played yesterday why wouldn’t you want him in your team? Of course you want him in your dressing room, of course you want him to play those knocks, that goes without saying.
“I don’t have a clue what Kev is going to do. All I can say is he’s a freak, he’s an unbelievable batter. To play that innings he did yesterday was fantastic. My God, you want him in your team. There were stages yesterday when South Africa wanted him in their team because he’s a great player.”
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 11:27 AM [Full View]
No love lost for Pietersen.
If England stubbornly cuts their nose to spite the face for IPL I will only respect the ECB more.
Hope they don't loosen up just because they badly need Pietersen - then it will be opportunism.
Hope they drop KP now and go on to lose the next match. It doesn't matter at this stage. We will even lose the top-spot but won't let this pass 'nu oru statement vittA mAdhiri irukkum.
Needless to say,
KP's performance this match was awesome.
payyan romba baadhikka pattirukkAn, by the villainizing media
But, taking a tough stance against the monstrous and demeaning circus is more important.
Kamaan ECB - I am watching. Do you have the guts.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 11:34 AM [Full View]
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 11:41 AM [Full View]
My ideal situation/manappAl: KP is kicked today afternoon out and Saguni Flower's team thrash Saffers next match and retain top-spot. KP is forgotten and plays IPL.
Nesst best: No KP next match. Eng fights but loses. Heroic defeat. Sticks to the guns of not having KP back ever. Loses T20 and builds team from ground-up, Hussain era.
Worst- England changes rules to accommodate his highness KP and lets him pick and choose what he wants including IPL. I become an India fan.
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 11:45 AM [Full View]
P_R, w/o KP Eng would have lost SL series too and all the moral high ground won't hold any water if Andy can't produce the results..KP is also hinting @ unhappy dressing room/email leaks and blaming all of KP alleged misgivings on evil IPL is just an easy cop out for Andy/ECB also why is that only ECB seems to be having issues with circus
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 11:48 AM [Full View]
wizzy, no denying that they obviously 'need' KP. That is why it becomes a test of guts now.
I don't care about the ECB.I have issue with the circus.
I would like to see ECB frustrate the interests of those who want to participate in it.
Let us see if ECB is up to it.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 12:16 PM [Full View]
Of course. Even I will drop Flower - much as I love his press releases (thanks Plum for helping me appreciate this) - like a hot potato if England start losing. I am already seeing Strauss is not attacking as he used to. You remember the SA-Eng ODI in Chennai. Is this the same Strauss?? Under ten overs he reduces the field to two slips. What the hell is wrong with him? Originally Posted by wizzy
Yes. Of course there are machinations. Not denying that at all. But the root of it is because he wants to pick and choose. Originally Posted by wizzy
Simple, if IPL were not there, he'd be available for everything. He wants to play that over England, where His Highness will pick and choose series' he wants, when he is in his prime. I hope England have the guts to say 'we will have none of that' Originally Posted by wizzy
Simple, because they are jealous of Indian success. If they had a T20 leak which was a superhit and KP chose to play it over international career, they wouldn't care a bit. Originally Posted by wizzy
why is that only ECB seems to be having issues with circus
I simply hitch my wagon to them out of convenient overlap of needs. enakku IPL ozhiyaNum. adhukku yaaraavadhu aNil vElai senjA aadharavu. England-la T20-yai ozhikka naaLaikku Zimbabwe paadupattA, avangaLukku aadharavu.
neela colour gloves pOttu Jachin marupadiyin mattaiyai suththuradhai ninaichu pArkkavE nArAsamA irukku.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 12:58 PM [Full View]
Reading Pietersen's page in wiki. Quite interesting.
Pietersen was upset not to be initially in the squad to tour South Africa. With Flintoff withdrawing due to injury, Pietersen was recalled to the squad,[71] and cemented his place in the first team with 97 off 84 balls in the warm-up match against South Africa A, in the face of a hostile crowd. Throughout the tour, Pietersen was subjected to a barrage of abuse from the South African crowd, who regarded him somewhat like a traitor. He said:
I knew I was going to cop a lot of stick but it will be like water off a duck's back...I expected stick at the start of the innings, and I'm sure it will carry on through the whole series. But I just sat back and laughed at the opposition, with their swearing and 'traitor' remarks... some of them can hardly speak English. My affiliation is with England. In fact, I'm starting to speak too much like Darren Gough... In fact, I'm going to get one of Gough's tattoos with three lions and my number underneath...No one can say I'm not English.
Pietersen scored a 96-ball 108 not out in the tied second ODI at Bloemfontein, after which the crowd turned their backs on him as he returned to the pavilion. This score set his ODI average at an incredible record 234.00. He made 75 at Cape Town, then at East London Pietersen made an unbeaten 100 from only 69 balls, the fastest century by an England player in a one-day match, although England still lost by eight runs. In the final game at Centurion Park, Pietersen came to the wicket at 32/3 and scored 116, but again could not prevent a defeat. Pietersen ended the series, which England lost 4–1, with 454 runs in five innings, and the Player of the Series award. By the end of the series, the South African crowds had generally replaced hostility with respect for Pietersen, his final century being awarded a standing ovation.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 01:20 PM [Full View]
appuRam..
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 01:23 PM [Full View]
Vilupuram. Poi ningale padinga sir.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 01:24 PM [Full View]
Unlike many other countries, you don't have to be English to be English.
idhu theriyAma pachchai ellAm kuththikittAn payapuLLa.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 01:25 PM [Full View]
adhukku sollalainga. innum force-A yEdhAvadhu uNDA-nu kEttEn. Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 01:29 PM [Full View]
that Sennai odi was a one-off and he was pushed to attack due to low score..Strauss was never an attacking kaptaan given his bowling resources..their so called recipe always been to frustrate the bats by drying up the runs and get them to throw their wicket away in the process..in hindsight no surprise that Dravid scored as many runs as he need inspite of his failing techniqueI am already seeing Strauss is not attacking as he used to. You remember the SA-Eng ODI in Chennai. Is this the same Strauss?? Under ten overs he reduces the field to two slips. What the hell is wrong with him?
edhu romba convenient'a paduthu..even before the IPL was envisioned KP had issues with ECB/Andy...given that Struss/Cook/Trott aren't good enough to play all the 3 formats so there was never a question of them getting to pick/choose..has ECB ever pulled up Eoin Morgan for choosing IPL over Lions/County also Tresco/Vaughn/Flintoff et al always been allowed to pick/choose hence this sunnambu wrt KP isn't about moral high ground but more to do with Andy's ego not coming to terms with a player who doesn't fit in his plans and all his media leaks are just an accomplice to ECB conundrum vis-a vis IPL success and them missing the T-20 money train.Yes. Of course there are machinations. Not denying that at all. But the root of it is because he wants to pick and choose.
Simple, if IPL were not there, he'd be available for everything. He wants to play that over England, where His Highness will pick and choose series' he wants, when he is in his prime. I hope England have the guts to say 'we will have none of that'
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 01:35 PM [Full View]
I can see him doing a Ghajini with sheer number of franchises he now gets to play for Originally Posted by P_R
Unlike many other countries, you don't have to be English to be English.
idhu theriyAma pachchai ellAm kuththikittAn payapuLLa.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 01:44 PM [Full View]
Someone who dares to say he will pick and choose - should be put in place.
Morgan also chooses IPL, kiLappu cricket over England?? Then he should be put in place too. Firmly.
I think we discussed about Strauss. He isn't a T20 player, but even there he has been careful in never saying he is not available. Technically he is 'available' and not picked. i.e. it is the board that decides. Yes, it is merely a technicality. But that is what matters. You can't sign up for something and then dictate terms, like how KP is doing.
Tresco, Vaughn, Flintoff (enakku ivanaiyum, silapala vishayangaLukku pudikkAdhu) ellAm pre-ruling illaiyO?
I remember feeling disgusted about Flintoff choosing to play IPL. At that time he was struggling with injuries and yet made himself available for this. He's kind of a poster boy for the malaise I am talking about.
In fact, even if it due to just blind envy, if ECB comes up with a rule saying 'nobody should play IPL' even if it means penury and sitting at home sucking their thumbs, naan aayuL sandhA kattuvEn.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 01:55 PM [Full View]
1. Likely as Saffa are due a bad match in a series. Going by the pattern of their recent tours strictly.
3. Highly Unlikely.
England risk importing future talents if they take a hard stand on KP. I think that will also go through their minds when taking a decision. I think KP has done enough for England. He can still pocket Millions of Dollars by playing for franchises around the world. Originally Posted by P_R
Originally Posted by P_R
Unless ECB produces something on the likes of IPL/Big Bash this will be an ongoing problem. Innaikku KP naalaikki vera evano oruthan. But I have to admire KP's guts to stir the hornet's nest.
Originally Posted by P_R
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 02:17 PM [Full View]
http://blogs.metro.co.uk/sport/how-k...-point-return/
Before the one-day series in the UAE last winter one source close to the team revealed that England’s team management were actively keeping Pietersen away from the younger players in the squad because they feared his negative attitude would be detrimental to their development as international cricketers.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 7th August 2012 02:31 PM [Full View]
Next T20 world cup in SL!! England will be thrashed left , right and center! Originally Posted by Plum
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 7th August 2012 02:36 PM [Full View]
SA
Chokers eh
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 02:48 PM [Full View]
Also injuries. Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Nah...people from all over will still flock to England. enna bettu? You make it even more stringent, it will be still be attractive to many many people. Originally Posted by ajithfederer
I am glad KP did well in this match, if it proves to be his last. It will be clear to everyone that ECB didn't wring him dry and throw him away when he got useless (as if that's a bad thing!) but took a stand on someone who had so much to offer. Let us see if they have the guts to do that.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 02:52 PM [Full View]
Look at the first comment there. Most NZ players will be playing IPL during the NZ-Eng series next year. Why disallow KP? adhukku ECB mEla kOvam vERa
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 02:54 PM [Full View]
P_R, pray tell who will sign the contract if ECB comes out with 'nobody should play IPL' ruling Daisy/Barbie were ready to whore themselves to IPL..only issue being one was deemed unfit for t20 and the other was fighting injury to play in IPL
as I said kaaranam veriyaga erukalam but prechannai ellam onnuthaen ECB had long set a precedent in allowing their players to pick/choose the series but here they are simply letting out their frustration/ineptitude wrt IPL on poor KP and they are just inventing more reasons to corner him.
going through this series stats.striking thing seems to be other than Kallis rest of the bats have legside as their strong suit and a non-existent offside play
remember Dravid alluding the success in Eng to his lack of offside play..looking around this could well be fashion of play..more so with defensive fieldsets with captains looking to play safe.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 02:55 PM [Full View]
Tonty five roobees. I'm in.
Originally Posted by P_R
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 03:03 PM [Full View]
oruththan thEra mAttAn. aana appadi adakki miratti urutti vaikkaNum. Originally Posted by wizzy
P_R, pray tell who will sign the contract if ECB comes out with 'nobody should play IPL' ruling
What are the new reasons being invented? Originally Posted by wizzy
It is the same reason. He should not choose to play IPL and skip other series. His primary commitment should be to the England team. He can tradeoff his personal time with IPL. Heck, if he chooses not to play IPL, it possible ECB may allow him to skip and pick and choose whatever series he wants. Right? But it is ridiculous to say I won't play NZ and WI and will play IPL. That should be firmly dealt with.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 03:04 PM [Full View]
kOdi roovA kuduthA kooda aaRu maNikku mEla naan vElai pArkka mAttEnA? muppadhu roova da, muppadhu roova kuduththA mooNu naaL kaNNu muzhichchi vElai pArppEn Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 03:07 PM [Full View]
If KP does get sacked,it will bring up the age old topic of a window for IPL from other quarters of players who play from other countries. At worse, this could very well become a player vs management issue in other boards as well.
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 03:42 PM [Full View]
all those diciplinary actions for his Twitter outbursts and him being the fall guy for everything that is wrong in Eng cricket while the likes of Barbie can get away with murder also when did KP ever miss a test for an IPL game or did he ever point to doing it in the future..all these media inventions to paint black is sickening to say the least.Eng deserve a team of scrappers in Strauss/Cook/Trott//Bell/James Taylor who score 200 in 90 overs on their good day"What are the new reasons being invented?
BCCI would never ask for an IPL window/let that happen..that would mean IPL coming under ICC ambit and they have to share out most of their spoils with other cricket boards.If KP does get sacked,it will bring up the age old topic of a window for IPL from other quarters of players who play from other countries. At worse, this could very well become a player vs management issue in other boards as well.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 03:59 PM [Full View]
enna future? He has already done it in ODIs. orE tired...I will skip WIndies. Originally Posted by wizzy
He had asked for a full six weeks off to play IPL 2013 and thus miss part of the NZ tests.
Sickening as they may be, all machinations are most welcome as long as they serve the purpose of frustrating the IPL aspirants.
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 04:24 PM [Full View]
is this the first time an int. cricketer skipped a odi series against Windies/lowly ranked side Sach skipped Windies 'test' series for being 'tired' after the IPL and even before IPL Sach missed countless odies against lowly ranked teams @ home over the past 4 years..ethallam oru prechanaiya..does any one dare to question Sach intentions and ask them to treated same way..cricketing superstars were always treated with kid gloves.. some are more equal than others'nu sollittu povame ECB is playing these petty games.
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From: ajithfederer on 7th August 2012 04:33 PM [Full View]
. Ennada innum peru varalayaennu nenachen.
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From: SoftSword on 7th August 2012 04:43 PM [Full View]
VV in marudhamalai: avanum naanum Onnaa??
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 04:53 PM [Full View]
Sachin skipping to preserve himself, opportunity for kids etc is different from KP doing as he pleases
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 04:54 PM [Full View]
Btw sachin playing IPL and skipping matches still feels wrong enbadhu maRuppadhaRkillai
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 04:56 PM [Full View]
Take rest. But don't play IPL. That's all.
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 05:12 PM [Full View]
AF/SS ada oru staus qua maintain panna vendama
KP enna kurudana..avurukum maanan maariyaatha suddu sollaiyudham vekkam vellayudham ellam erukuSachin skipping to preserve himself, opportunity for kids etc is different from KP doing as he pleases
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 06:20 PM [Full View]
adhenna 3 test series ketta pazhakkam.
indha mAdhiri important series ellAm 4 viLayAda vONAvA?
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From: 19thmay on 7th August 2012 06:59 PM [Full View]
adutha match England jeikkum, series 1-1 level aagum. Ellam fixing.
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:07 PM [Full View]
Moderator, you are so naïve. This is so not about the IPL. If you think KP is being frustrated to sabotage his IPL aspirations you are so wrong. ECB simply doesn't like KP. Andy Flower has a score to settle. Even now, a compromise will bve worked out. They are playing "who blinks first". And KP's grouses are not as simple as "let me play ipl over nz test". He is fighting a bigger battle against a country's villainaization of him and evil machinations, almost George Bushian in their nAdhArithanam.
Ravi Bopara skipped IPL to play cpunty cricket. Eoin Morgan skipped county cricket to play IPL. Ravi did well consistently in the season. Morgan had one good knock agter he returned from IPL. The so anti-IPL. ECB chose Morgan over Bopara. VaralARU theriyAma pEsa koodAdhu.
ECB/ECM hate IPL yes. But they hate KP even more. Idhai anti-ipl stancenu nenaichu suffort paNNum thangaLai noinaiththAl paridhAbagamAga uLLadhu. This is not about IPL. This is about individual rights and the extra ordinary naadharithanam of a country against an individual.
Don't forget Flintoff wasn't put in this sort of a spot by ECB with selectoive leaks and media villification planted by ecb-friendly journalists like Mike Selvey. Appo enga pochu anti-ipl stance? It is clear KP is targetted for being KP.
Wizzy - get me seebu maama's contact, he needs to offer barboe, swann et al ipl contract. Appo paarkalaam eCB avangaLaiyum villify pannudhaannu. Enna bet moderator?
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:40 PM [Full View]
Except that he wasnt put in his place. Not even unfirmly. The ECB went to his door with vethalai pAkku pAzham poo to invite him to play for their test team when he just returned from IPLMorgan also chooses IPL, kiLappu cricket over England?? Then he should be put in place too. Firmly.
Think.
Why are they against KP playing IPl when they allowed the far less useful Morgan to(and did not penalise him for it). Why are they planting stories in media through media lackeys like Selvi and villifying KP?
varalARunu oNNu irukku. I'll tell you when I get time. idhellAm theriyAma one dimensionalA pESADhinga. vishayam theriyalaina gammunu irukaNum
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:42 PM [Full View]
Except he wasnt reprimanded. Or villified. No plants in media through friendly media lackeys. Why do ECB do this to KP alone?Flintoff choosing to play IPL. At that time he was struggling with injuries and yet made himself available for this. He's kind of a poster boy for the malaise I am talking about.
Think
varalAru theriyAma pEsa koodAdhu etc/
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:46 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
adhu nadakkAdhudi! When Barbie/Daisy(yOv wizzy reNdum oNNu dHAnEyyA!kozhappuRiyE?), I mean when Barbie, Vaathu mandayan Graeme, Brezhnev, Morgan, Taylor et al demand IPL window, and refuse to play test cricket clashing with IPL, your ECB will bow before them. Already, Anderson nose-cried and kept quiet only because no IPL franchise picked him eventually.
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From: SoftSword on 7th August 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
// dig to plum
fyi, taylorku innum thread open pannala...
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 09:59 PM [Full View]
varalARu:
Once upon a time, there was a captain of ECT called KP. He developed a fissure with his coach Moores. It so happened his saga players Vaughan, Flintoff etc also had problems with Moores. They instigateed the captain KP to talk to ECB on their behalf and express their dissatisfaction and get Moores sacked. Much like a naive K Srikkanth in 1990, KP went and did that. The ECB assured him in private that they'll sack Moores, and simultaneously, released this as a leak to media and when they did that, they made sure to paint KP as a villain.
They then did a straw poll in the dressing room, and manipulated the results to show that the dressing room didnt approve of KP's demand, when in fact, the dressing room was the one that instigated KP, the naive idiot, to talk to the Board.
They sacked Moores. ECB sabotaged their own captain. Because he was KP. Because he was an outsider.(You ask me how he got to be captain in the first place? Because there are some sensible souls in England, too. Unbelievable but true. KP was made captain when, say, Dalmia was board chief. The sacking happened with the advent of Pawar).
idhu KP-ECB varalARu, Since then, they have consistently been punishing KP for offences which in other people like Broad, Morgan, Flintoff were actually welcomed and rewarded.. They have been undermining him at every possible opportunity.
So, this is just another chapter in that story. Nothing to do with IPL.
2. Where does Andy Flower come into this? This is where the twist is. When KP complained about Moores, the complaint included the whole caoching staff, including Flower who was batting coach then. He apparently had the support of the dressing room then, except Strauss, who, as usual, was diplomatic. I believe even Cook was behind KP.
Flower appo vechcha kaRai dhAn.
(Jeeva in SMS *to a retreating rowdy gang fellow: nee moRaikkaRadhai pArthA climax-la vandhu saNdai pottu attack paNdrA mAdhiriyE irukkE)
They are looking to humiliate KP at every possible opportunity.
When will they finally get rid of him?
When Flower feels there is nothing more to squeeze out of him. Till then, he'll keep Kp in the team and keep humiliating him through the likes of Selvey.
So, what will happen now? Nothing much. Some compromise will be worked out. KP will continue to play for England until he becomes a flop show. At the next possible opportunity, Flower's media lackeys will start another propoganda war against KP.
People wo do not understand these politics should NOT comment based on their hatred for IPL. IPL is nowhere related to this story. It is just a red herring. I hate IPL, too**. but this should not cloud your larger perspective. You are going to get nothing by backing ECB thinking they'll oppose IPL/T20 in a way you think will diminish IPL. They will not. And you'll have nothin to show for all your support of ECB, except the realisation that you wuz robbed!
* yes, I have watched SMS. Shoot me.
** Only from2012, that is.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 7th August 2012 10:02 PM [Full View]
Ahaa
Yet another Fee Yaar Vs Flau contest! Legends!
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 10:03 PM [Full View]
In what way? Sachin chose IPL over a Windies test tour. Think of that. Not for kids, family etc. He could have taken a break with the IPL and gone on Windies test tour. He didnt do that. I suspect if he had done, theat 100th century moneky would have been off in 2011 itself. But all tht is past nowSachin skipping to preserve himself
But on what grounds do you differentiate Sachin and KP?
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 10:06 PM [Full View]
The whole saga is about ECB inventing reasons to paint KP as the villain. That is the purpose of this whole episode. They dont intend, repeat, they dont intend to kick him out of the team. They know they need him for some more time atleast. This is just to malign him.What are the new reasons being invented?
If Ipl were the reason, they WOULDNT HAVE invited Morgan over Bopara to play in 2011 India series. Not even a cursory noise was made about that.
If you are so naive to believe ECB arent inventing reasons hre to humiliate KP, you are to be pitied, not censured.
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 10:11 PM [Full View]
I wish they did. appO theriyum Barbie, Swann, Anderson ivanga ellAM moneykkAga AduRAngaLA illai ECBkAgavAnnuif ECB comes up with a rule saying 'nobody should play IPL'
pullu pooNdu kooda thERADhu England Cricket teamla.
I am going to visit India cements office and do a dharna till I am allowed to meet NS mAMA and advice him to buy Barbie, Swann and Anderson in some IPL team - this is an important machiavellian move that will destabilise England cricket at its roots. Even if these players dont add value to IPL franchises, they NEED to be bought. Even maNippayal, Taylor etc. I am surprised shrewd Seenu mAmA hasnt cottoned on to this strategy yet.
This is where I miss Dalmia. Dalmia would have sure done all this.
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 10:15 PM [Full View]
KP sacrificed his captaincy for getting an ineffectual England coach. He didnt know he was going to sacrifice, ofcourse. But it resulted in England getting a better coach.
Now, he has raised the IPL issue, the benefits of which will be enjoyed by future England IPL players. He will be the loser out of this but future generations will gain an IPL window - paNathukku paNam, test cricket fameku fameu. They wouldnt have to choose between IPL and Test cricket.
Unwittingly, KP is a deivam for England cricketers.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 7th August 2012 10:15 PM [Full View]
Ennathu Dalai Lama va ? Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 10:18 PM [Full View]
Your test-cricket-kAkkum ECB is the reason. SKY Sports demands its flesh. SKY Sports needs an Aussie ODI series to make some money. You see, even in England, ODI series generate more TV money than Test cricket. ECB just relented. indha ECB dhAn unga test cricketai kAppAtha pOvudhu Originally Posted by P_R
And you know why ECB is firm against an IPL Window? Because England Cricket in May June is the only property SKY SPORTS has during the IPL time. If England grant an IPL Window, their sponsors SKY SPORTS will lose out. This is the reason they are opposed to IPL window. nALaikku test cricketai avuthu pOttu AdunnA, dhaiyum seyyum indha ECB.
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From: Plum on 7th August 2012 10:24 PM [Full View]
If you are against T20 and if you are against IPL, ECB are your last friend. They just dont care. These are the same folks who allowed a would-be-convict billionaire to fly down to the Lord's pitch on a helicopter to arrange a T20 tournament with them. Dont drink Mind-Milk that this board will eradicate T20simply hitch my wagon to them out of convenient overlap of needs. enakku IPL ozhiyaNum. adhukku yaaraavadhu aNil vElai senjA aadharavu. England-la T20-yai ozhikka Far from it- they'll encourage it. If Test Cricket has to be killed for that, they'll kill it.
IPL is just your visible villain. In simple terms, IPL.BCCI is edhiri. ECB is dhrogi. You know the Rajini/Chuck Norris/Mass hero dialogue about edhiri-dhrogi.
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From: wizzy on 7th August 2012 11:10 PM [Full View]
eggjactly..yam beating around this from morning..add Colly to the list of peeps who missed county for IPL doleThis is so not about the IPL. If you think KP is being frustrated to sabotage his IPL aspirations you are so wrong. ECB simply doesn't like KP. Andy Flower has a score to settle
From Anderson's cricinfo profile "His penchant for inconsistency moved some to label Anderson 'daisy'. "yOv wizzy reNdum oNNu dHAnEyyA!kozhappuRiyE?
KP got no kids also allegedly abuses his wifeyIn what way? Sachin chose IPL over a Windies test tour. Think of that. Not for kids, family etc. He could have taken a break with the IPL and gone on Windies test tour. He didnt do that. I suspect if he had done, theat 100th century moneky would have been off in 2011 itself. But all tht is past now
But on what grounds do you differentiate Sachin and KP?
Andy Flower is fast treading Greg Chappell way with his selective leaks to the media and going allout to malign a player//
Plum, Barbie is already contracted to K11..nobody cares a hoot about World's no.1 spinner in IPL
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 11:36 PM [Full View]
Thanks for the elaborate posts Plum.
Many insightful points. I didn't know Ravi-Murugan stories for instance. That's the most important one of all.
New a bit about KP-Moore leaks. But still don't see why there would have been hated then. 'because he is an outsider' kaaraNam ellAm yEthukkura maadhiri illai.
Cook supported KP then and Dtrauss didn't !?
Will respond about sachin tomorrow.
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From: P_R on 7th August 2012 11:45 PM [Full View]
btw naan pala thadavai viLakkamA solliyum 'England is the saviour of test cricket'nu naan sonna maadhiriyE maindain paNReer.
For the umpteenth time. No.
They are up to their own jealous machination. To the extent they work for me I support.
Heck, they are the guys who came up with the abomination of a format called T20.
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From: P_R on 8th August 2012 12:02 AM [Full View]
Why. adhu varaikkin avan darlingaa dhaanE irundhAn? Originally Posted by Plum
indha 'leap-of-faith' dhaan varamAttikki. Doesn't seem convincing. KP was their crown-jewel in 2005. He then proved to be as much a pain as Flintoff..appadingra level-la theriyin. nee vandhEri...appadingra maadhiri discriminate paNNAingaLA.. Originally Posted by Plum
Oho! Originally Posted by Plum
This is surprising. Because I always believed Cook was Strauss-lite in his Flower dhosthi. Originally Posted by Plum
Point taken. Originally Posted by Plum
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From: wizzy on 8th August 2012 12:38 AM [Full View]
interesting tweet by Piers Morgan(the guy who replaced Larry King in CNN)
Forget what you're reading in the papers - @kevinpp24 has been frozen out by ECB, Flower and now some of the players. Disgraceful.
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From: Plum on 8th August 2012 11:14 AM [Full View]
The Cook story - Cook wanted Gooch as Batting Coach. Andy Flower was the then batting coach. Being a thoroughbred Englishman, Cook didn't do anything explicit about it. He was involved in instigating KP to talk against the coaching staff. When Flower became coach, he quietly defected to Flower camp, with his man Gooch installed as batting coach. This is why KP said in yesterday's conference - "it is difficult being me in this dressin...(Checks himself) England Cricket setup". He has been back stabbed by his colleagues just as cheeka was backstabbed by the conniving sunny bhai, Shastri bhai etc when they instihgated him to talk to board about pay on behalf of players and laer backstabbed him. Cheeka paid the price while shastrigal and sunny bhai still are blue eyed boys of the bcci.
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From: wizzy on 8th August 2012 11:19 AM [Full View]
mud sling from Pringle..wonder KP is a lunatic on the grass
The account, @kevpietersen24, is wickedly observed and, providing you have an English sense of humour, extremely funny.Some of the in-jokes suggest a source close to the team and Pietersen has been hurt by it enough to get his lawyers to try to close it down. They could not, though they did succeed in getting the original avatar – a picture of KP at his most gauche with skunk hairdo circa 2005 – replaced.
Pietersen’s suspicions just highlight the tensions that have been simmering within the England dressing room since he came swaggering back from this year’s Indian Premier League. Apparently, his already huge self-regard has risen to the point where he has alienated colleagues and created massive friction among the ranks. So far, speculation has raged as to who the authors of the Twitter account are with Pietersen keenest to find out.
That he is offended by their exaggerated claims, especially when they refer to him in the third person as “KP Genius”, suggests he already has a distorted sense of self.
Unless Andy Flower or the England and Wales Cricket Board discover who is behind the fake Twitter account and appeal to their better nature, Pietersen is going to have to weather the barbs – which can be cruel though not in an abusive way – and play on.Master/Slave classicTruth hurts, but so will some of the gems from his press conference on Monday night once they get a good airing. “You know the saddest thing for me is that the spectators love to watch me play – and I love to play for England,” was one of them – a love he wants to spread thinner and thinner in order to spread himself further and wider around the global T20 circuit.
What the ECB would like to stress, despite the impasse it and Pietersen appear to have reached over his demands against the constraints of their central contracts, is that all channels of communication, notwithstanding @kevpietersen24, remain open
mission accomplishedThere is a feeling that Flower and Hugh Morris, the general manager of England cricket, would have been more sympathetic to his demands had he conducted them respectfully, but his attitude towards them and the team that has given him a good living since 2004, has been questionable.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...-contract.htmlIt is possible Pietersen is right when he contends that most people in England just don’t get him, but on the evidence of the past few months there is only one person to blame for that, something his father, his sycophantic advisers and his celebrity friends, would do well to point out.
George Dobell in 'Switchit' show has confirmed leaks from ECB/dressing room and things are getting sticky with ECB keeping mum over it.
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From: ajithfederer on 8th August 2012 11:40 AM [Full View]
Cricinfo la headlines areala oru section-ae is devoted to pietersen. Most of em are videos 
http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/sadist..._all_of_kp.phpBut when KP walked into the ECB to speak about anything from captaincy issues, his future in the game or taking time off, no matter how stupid he was, no matter how insane and egotistical his claims were, he was within his right to believe that they stayed with his employers.
They haven't. Over and over again, KP's words have been fed to the media and not by the deputy assistant to the travelling secretary, but by people in high positions that should know and act better. Perhaps we should give them the benefit of the doubt, and say that the leaks are accidental. It's just that they happen over and over again, and so it's either unprofessional accidental conduct, or a personal campaign against their own player.
If KP stops playing for England, he robs himself of glory, the ECB rob themselves of a champion player, and the fans are robbed of something special.
KP leaving Test cricket for good is the worst situation for everyone involved, so why would anyone want that?
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From: ajithfederer on 8th August 2012 11:46 AM [Full View]
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/576292.htmlPietersen might also point to a certain hypocrisy within the ECB. There is an inconsistency with the treatment shown towards Pietersen and some other players. Andrew Strauss, for example, was not obliged to maintain any pretence that he was available for T20 cricket while still captaining the England ODI side. He did not even play T20 at county level.
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From: Plum on 8th August 2012 01:16 PM [Full View]
Selvey is desparately defaming KP in The Guardian. Pringle in Telegraph. I saw a brilliant comment in Guardian about typical English hypocrisy captured event by event w.r.t this saga. Will share when I find time. ECB, Flower, English media all come out smelling stinky out of this. KP isn't a saint sure but he is wronged here. It's a sad situation but mercenaries from South Africa must take note - this is what you sign up for when you decide to play for England. Spread the message. Young boys of 14-15 in South Africa dreaming of doing a Pietersen must be sufficiently warned. It is our duty as Cricket followers. Wizzy, LM et al who follow other Cricket forums, spread the message, please!
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From: kid-glove on 8th August 2012 01:24 PM [Full View]
Piers Moron'lam quote pannurengalE. Dhrogi-nga. And before pikeying to US, worst of British media from phone tapping to forgery.. Originally Posted by wizzy
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From: kid-glove on 8th August 2012 01:27 PM [Full View]
Without KP, English team got a face on like Wayne Rooney's smacked arse...
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From: wizzy on 8th August 2012 02:28 PM [Full View]
He was on the other side of the fence during the Peter Moores episode. Originally Posted by kid-glove
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From: P_R on 8th August 2012 02:46 PM [Full View]
Kambam kalaiselvi ethuvumE leaakout aagalainnu avanE sonnAn.
Reading comments now.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 8th August 2012 04:03 PM [Full View]
Kevin Pietersen is not bigger than England team - Sir Alec Stewart
KP has been the back bone of the spinless England batting order since 2007 Ashes! What is Stewart talking about ?
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From: ajithfederer on 8th August 2012 05:26 PM [Full View]
Hallo KP has a son Dylan.
Originally Posted by wizzy
eggjactly..yam beating around this from morning..add Colly to the list of peeps who missed county for IPL dole
From Anderson's cricinfo profile "His penchant for inconsistency moved some to label Anderson 'daisy'. "
KP got no kids also allegedly abuses his wifey
Andy Flower is fast treading Greg Chappell way with his selective leaks to the media and going allout to malign a player//
Plum, Barbie is already contracted to K11..nobody cares a hoot about World's no.1 spinner in IPL
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 8th August 2012 05:48 PM [Full View]
Rankin set to retire for Ireland
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/...ry/576369.html
Annan song to Ireland: paalootti valatha kili pazham kuduthu paatha kiliRankin has signed a new three-year deal with English county Warwickshire - whose director of cricket is England selector Ashley Giles - and it is understood that the county put pressure on the 6'8" bowler to retire from international cricket with Ireland. He had returned from Ireland's World Twenty20 qualifier in March with a stress injury to his foot which has ruled him out of his county's season until mid-July..
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From: wizzy on 8th August 2012 06:26 PM [Full View]
P_B edukae eppadiya..ECB already got a replacement for KP in Nick Compton..guess what he is also from Natal
AF, adhu chumma oru edhuku sonnadhu how do I know possibly know KP is a wife beater or not
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From: P_R on 8th August 2012 06:37 PM [Full View]
adhukkAga Denis Compton pEranai veLinAttukkArannu solluveengaLA? Originally Posted by wizzy
Nick Compton..guess what he is also from Natal
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From: wizzy on 8th August 2012 06:43 PM [Full View]
Dennis yaaru enna kothram Sky commies never miss a chance to talk about his/KP Natal connection.
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From: ajithfederer on 9th August 2012 12:39 PM [Full View]
ICC news
England rise to No.1 in ODIs
ESPNcricinfo staff
August 8, 2012
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/c...ry/576498.html
So, the English are no 1 in 3 formats eh???
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From: littlemaster1982 on 9th August 2012 12:50 PM [Full View]
No.2 in T20. Eng No.1 in ODIs ellam kalikaalam Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: ajithfederer on 9th August 2012 12:52 PM [Full View]
Ennoda kaalakattathula idhellam nadakkumnu naan nenaikave illa. Ippo odane varuvaaru paarunga.
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From: wizzy on 10th August 2012 12:18 PM [Full View]
KP parody account @kevpietersen24 has been taken down..ECB in panic mode
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From: ajithfederer on 10th August 2012 12:43 PM [Full View]
Dominating a top bowler
Kevin Pietersen took 64 runs off 72 balls from Dale Steyn, which is the most dominant performance against him in a Test innings
S Rajesh
August 10, 2012
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/576672.html
A must read Stat article. KP is the first guy to treat Steyn with severe disdain. In 72 balls from Steyn, Pietersen clobbered 64 runs, including 12 fours and a six. Pietersen struck 22 fours in his entire innings of 149, which means more than 50% of the fours were scored off the best bowler in the opposition attack.
ECB Lose him at your own peril.
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From: P_R on 10th August 2012 02:03 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: P_R on 10th August 2012 02:11 PM [Full View]
btw SA is the Top T20 team, not England. England are merely defending champions. Like India is the defending champion in the ODI format.
+1 Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Anyway they will the Test top spot next week, will lose T20 top spot in the KP-less WorldT20 and will lose ODI top-spot is going to be flux
But this is a fragile moment to pause, step back and take-in the enormity of this.
Gough, Stewart, Thorpe, Usainbhai, Vaganam, Hoggard-Jones - one old boys party
evvaLavu avamaanappattu, udhai vaangi, seerazhinju...happa..ippo retire aagalaam.
Gounder in Periya idaththu mAppiLLai
ayyA oru kaalaththula neenga pichchai eduththadhu vAsthavam dhaan... eduththirukkuReenga.
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From: wizzy on 10th August 2012 02:34 PM [Full View]
Eng being no.1 in odies is pure baloney
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From: Plum on 10th August 2012 09:38 PM [Full View]
Kambam Kalaiselvi lying through his mouth. Playing with semantics which is a sure give away of cunning in an Englishman. The English never disappoint me. Most of them just live up to the stereotype. You cannot even blame me for making the stereotype.
Anyway, England are #1 in tests, T20 Defending WC and next WC champion in ODIs. Not bad, eh?
Cook thread revive paNNanu, Countdown towards 100 intl centuries starts...
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From: P_R on 10th August 2012 09:58 PM [Full View]
Flau, Kalaiselvi lies paththi konjam viLakkamaa...
I read the Guardian articles, comments...orE kuzhapputhula vaazhndhukittu irukkEn settiAr mother.
Which is the comment you referred to.
Each, "ECB should not do this because Pietersen is so good and they'll be finished without him" article makes me go "adhukkaaga?"
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From: Plum on 10th August 2012 10:03 PM [Full View]
Leaks vs Off the record briefing etc.
(Correct response to that should be: pushpanum sollalAm. neenga solRA mAdhiriyum sollalAm)
oru article pArthA puriyAdhu. avan activitiesai closeA watch paNNinA dhAN puriyum. idhaiyellAm oru oru article, comment section comment avan pOttadhu ellAm eduththu veLakku muidyAdju.
avan activties-E saraiyillai. neRaiya comblaint irukku
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From: wizzy on 10th August 2012 10:34 PM [Full View]
^beat this..KP texting his Saffa friends during match days
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cri...cond-Test.html
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From: ajithfederer on 11th August 2012 11:06 AM [Full View]
Quote Unquote
I reckon 90 per cent of players, particularly the batters, will tell you that the game they enjoy playing most is Twenty20, but they mightn't admit it in public.Matthew Hayden's view of the players' favourite format in the midst of the Kevin Pietersen saga.
P_r. Yes they have indeed come a very long way from the early abysmal 90's.
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From: wizzy on 11th August 2012 12:58 PM [Full View]
Pringle on the texting issue
Sack confirmed-a
oh!Kevin Pietersen is alleged to have texted Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers during the second Test with less than complimentary things about Andy Flower’s management style and Andrew Strauss’s leadership.
The selection panel, which includes Flower, met at Edgbaston on Friday to pick the squad for the Test and the World Twenty20 tournament but appear to have taken a dim view and want to know the nature of the messages before deciding on the final 13 which is due to be announced at 9.30am on Sunday.
after all the vitriol he goes onto include KP in Lords probable squadBut closer scrutiny reveals that the Test team have flourished without him before, winning the 2009 Ashes after he played in just two of the Tests. The 50-over side have also reached the top of the rankings in his absence, which has given many of the players to believe that success is possible without him.
the comment which takes the cake
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...-Villiers.htmlDerek, Where do you get your information from. I notice you cover yourself by saying ALLEGED texts I cannot believe that you can still be employed as a sports journalist with the vitriol that comes from your pen in regards to Kevin Pietersen. Do you have a super spy to keep you informed as to what KP does in his private moments?? Will you be happy when England lose the Lords Test because KP is not playing or is screwed up by all this rubbish and cannot play at his best?? Envy can eat away and destroy anyone so be aware.
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From: Plum on 11th August 2012 03:28 PM [Full View]
England will win the Lord's Test with or without KP. That is not the point. This sort of media mafia behaviour should be condemned by all right thinking men. People who pretend to not understand the ECB menace - who claim that they support ECB because they think ECB will help in IPL vanquishing are either lying through the teeth or living in a dream world - should clean their souls and support a wronged man.
This is typically how this world tries to put down a capable individual with individualistic streak, who dont fit into their notions of politeness and courtesy. Hub-lEyyE indha mob behaviourai pAkkalAm. By trying to allege arrogance, selfishness, moneymindedness etc.
I despise such traditional conservative pulluruvis like Flower and their cunning.
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From: Plum on 11th August 2012 09:58 PM [Full View]
Excellent opporutnity for ECB in terms of PR:
Scenario 1 - Assuming KP plays at Lord's:
a) If KP plays well but England loses, drop him and make a "Although he played well, his disruption upset his team mates so he has to go" statment.
b) if KP plays well and England wins, then make a "Even though he helped us wion, we are dropping him. We are so principled"
c) if KP plays badly, and England wins or loses make a "He's useless, he makes his team mates suffer and fails anyway" and drop him
Scenario 2 - Drop KP. This is win-win anyway
1) If england win after this, "We dont need KP ha ha"
2) If England loses, "We'll rebuild now with a patriotic batsman"
This is brilliant for the cowardly, cunning, hypocritcal ECB and its supporters.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 11th August 2012 10:43 PM [Full View]
KP out of the English team should be strategically one of the worst moves they could make, actually. Guess the ECB are taking their system too seriously....
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From: P_R on 12th August 2012 09:59 AM [Full View]
In the end, cricket is the winner
Great move KP"I'm not going anywhere," he said. "I want to make myself available for selection for every single form of cricket for England.
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"I won't be playing the full IPL. I will come back and play the Test matches against New Zealand next year, so the IPL isn't an elephant in the room any more."
Now on, if they still create nuisance for him, it will be clear they have other issues with him.
Win Lord's, retain waeld T20 - Kamaan
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From: P_R on 12th August 2012 10:02 AM [Full View]
From KP's perspective, they kind of armtwisted him from playing lucrative IPL. So that's a bummer. But I am happy because IPL has been given the short end of the stick.
But more importantly, by ceding to ECB's demands he has taken them head-on. They will either have to shut-up or have their bluff called.
I expect 'team disruption' to become a bigger topic in the coming days (KP-kum kaduppu irukkum illai). Captain Strauss/Cook - unga thiRamaikku ippadi oru savaal.
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From: ajithfederer on 12th August 2012 02:07 PM [Full View]
Ayyo Momentum is now with England
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From: ajithfederer on 12th August 2012 02:10 PM [Full View]
Paavam ya cha. Test cricket purists may whine all they want but are they gonna feed his family??
"I understand that I have a short career. I can't do this until I'm 40. I have a young family and I'm the provider. I need to maximise my opportunities financially in order to have protection in later life. It's not all about money. I love playing for England and the runs I score for England mean so much more to me."
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From: Plum on 12th August 2012 02:38 PM [Full View]
I hope you guys remember my prediction? I predicted that A COMPROMISE WILL SOMEHOW BE WORKED OUT and KP retained to play for England until he decays as a batsman. Clearly, the only motivation for ECB and Flowere here was to humiliate KP and raise the patriotism bogey to silence him. It has worked with 90% of English media working overtime with their attack on KP. He had no option but to back down since the poor sod loves playing test cricket.
Andy Flower is a blot on the human race. Standing up to Robert Mugabe all nonsense. He did because he had assurances of safety and safe career in England. Henry Olonga a black Cricketer standing up to Mugabe was even more courageous yet he doesnt get half the praise that Flower did.
I used to have similar feelins about the Aussies - that they were a blot on the human race. And they kept winning and winning - I suppose it will be the same with this England team. kali kAlam ilaiyA?
But let's not mince words - Andy Flower deserves to be decorated with karumbulli sembulli and ridden on a Donkey. One day his conscience will prick him to the death of his soul.
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From: P_R on 12th August 2012 04:45 PM [Full View]
btw I do believe the rest of the English team are annoyed with KP.
So if it were insistent on team-spirit (football types) then I'd be wary of letting someone like KP in now.
But cricket is a game where it is an assemblage of individual talents - so it is not a showstopper.
Peace IS going to be uneasy for a while I guess.
Not just based on Kalaiselvey, Pringle reports - which are, as Plum points out, prolly toeing the establishment line. But just observing from the outside the ruckus KP has created with this whole thing, it's going to be tough. Hope winning settles and eases things out.
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From: P_R on 12th August 2012 04:58 PM [Full View]
Selvey paid lackey
Pringle - jealous fellow
Anderson in the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cri...#ixzz23KX4sI2f
Plum, ivanum Andy Flower ghost-writingA?
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From: Plum on 12th August 2012 05:03 PM [Full View]
The ruckus was equally created by Flower ands Swann - don't forget the fast tard Swann publicly made fun of KP in his autobiography. Appo enga pochu team spirit? Actually if kp had written a auto bio like that, konnu potturukka mattinga? - and others in england camp who were openly ridiculing KP. I mean, James Taylor was following the fake kp account. This only shows even a newbie like him was trained in making fun of kp as part of induction into team. Despicable team, this England. Ppl who support this team - never speak of gentlemanliness, team spirit, spirito of cricket, nyaayam dharmam needhi etc ever again in your life.
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From: P_R on 12th August 2012 05:13 PM [Full View]
Bottomline.
KP is a punk. Establishments hate such people. No reason why fans should hate such people. Heck, it is exactly that, that many may find endearing, even if they claim they are purely appreciating his game alone. I do think KP is hated by his peers, like all punks are.
I have no sympathy for KP's 'it is tough to be me in the dressing room' whine. Without hypocrisy there is no possibility of cordiality. If you are not mature enough to realize that and like to parade your brashness, then be prepared to be a loner - you feel superior in the first place anyway, dontchya, why bother that the lesser mortals do not warm up to you?
The establishment is trying to oversell 'team spirit'. In cricket it is not that important. I hope they see that soon enough and not make a big deal out of it.
Don't bother pampering someone like KP, by making things comfortable. Just be sensible and pick him for Lord's.
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From: P_R on 12th August 2012 05:36 PM [Full View]
Even in that video he says: I shoot from the hip occasionally. I bat like that, I bowl like that...I speak like that.
Packaged personality sales
Who do you think the team-mate with whom he had the long chat was?
Obviously not Anderson Strauss?
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 12th August 2012 07:16 PM [Full View]
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From: ajithfederer on 12th August 2012 07:18 PM [Full View]
OMFG Poor KP. Do you need this?
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 12th August 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
KP should have never let himself be at the mercy of the ECB...Now he's the one to pay...Guess it will take sometime for us to see the man playing international cricket again.
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From: wizzy on 12th August 2012 08:54 PM [Full View]
KP plis to reclaim your lost Protea citizenship and play the final test
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From: Plum on 12th August 2012 09:16 PM [Full View]
Wiz - he has to go through 4 year qualif period to play for saffers again. While Morgan theoretically can flip flop for Ire-eng forever with a day's notice. Look how icc constitution is kept in favour of ecb. That's how much naasookku naadhaaris England are. I think rest of counrtries shud gang up and expel england. Fast tards control icc at alllevels except front faacing which is cleverly left to pawars for facing brickbats. Indha naadharigal cricketai vittu thookka mudiyaadhaa?
Anderson's article - not surprised. To blame it on kp as f-r does is despicable. Englishmen are the problem. Expel them from cricket. Let f-r go and watch county cricket for resdt of his life.
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From: wizzy on 12th August 2012 10:05 PM [Full View]
even son of soil KP is required to go through the qualifying period.. thot this rule was for mercenaries like Thayir
anyways expecting KP to be picked for T-20/Ind tour.. middle order of Bairstow/Chavi/James Taylor should set the alarm bell ringing and Andy/ECB will make the required changes for the benefit of the game/viewers
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From: P_R on 13th August 2012 08:48 AM [Full View]
Would any other team in the world forsake their only chance of retaining their top-spot just to cut a superstar down to size? Unimaginable.
Originally Posted by Plum
eduththaalum thittu, edukkAttiyum thittu
Who in the SA camp had pOttu kuduththufied KP?
kozhandhapayyanukku text message-E anuppa theriyAdhunga. Just because he is a Saffer all the remaining 14 English fellows are ganging up against him and hating a poor, genial chap brimming with the milk of human kindness. Originally Posted by Plum
Prior - I kinda guessed he'd've been the person KP had the chat with. vElaikku aavalai.
Anyway, ECB is being silly in doubting KP's commitment. This reminds me of the accusations against Warnie, that he was too pal-y with KP and that's why he couldn't get him out, or some such nonsense like that.
In the larger picture KP is to blame. I can't see how not. He's the one being a punk and annoying the crap out of teammates, behaving the despicable way he has.
But I wish ECB wasn't being small and peevish - text anuppalainnu kai ezuththu pOdu etc. Obviously he did and has been exposed. It is his private matter. Why should ECB be concerned at all? The dressing room is going to be uneasy - because of this. But such a situation is not impossible.
And there is no doubting his commitment on the field - precisely because cricket is principally an individual game - not a team game. ECB should have taken a broader stance when they were on higher moral ground than KP. Stupid of them to let that slip now.
Andy Flower, unnai pOyi evil-genius range-ku maindain paNRaarE indha Flum. WasteyA nee.
endha madayanAvadhu, private message-ai public issue aakkuvAnA? LoosAppA nee?
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From: P_R on 13th August 2012 11:46 AM [Full View]
Jarrod Kimber - http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/sadist..._for_trust.php
I don't agree with him squirely placing the responsibility on ECB. But he is spot on picking this as the worst reason they could have picked to fire him.What of other private communications? Should Giles Clarke, Andy Flower and Hugh Morris state publicly that in no conversations with anyone, via text, email or over the phone have they ever said anything derogatory about Kevin Pietersen?
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From: wizzy on 13th August 2012 12:01 PM [Full View]
Andy Flower is sore..is KP the only 'egoist' cricketer the game has seen..Shane Warne has/had issues with John Buchanan's 'methods' and even publicly admonished him whilst he was playing and at times refused to take part in drills/boot camp bonding...did ACB/John Buchanan bring him down/cared to discipline him..all these talk of one guy bringing down the team spirit/discipline are a load of tosh.
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From: P_R on 13th August 2012 01:13 PM [Full View]
Management overhead point is good.
But he's not making it clear why this was worse than the earlier transgressions.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 13th August 2012 03:12 PM [Full View]
Gevin Federson is clearly making a mockery out of him self!: England will be blown away in the 3rd test!
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From: Plum on 13th August 2012 08:49 PM [Full View]
1. I believe it must be Morne Morkel whom KP texted. Also a Delhi Daredevil, like KP. Bonds may have been cemented
2.If I were a media hack, I'd try to explore Swann's private messages to his own team mates after he was dropped in the last test. In particular, I'd like to see his texts after KP took those wickets on the last day. I would like to see how he expressed himself about Strauss and Flower on that day, on that moment. I bet he'd have attacked Strauss and Flower more colourfully than KP can imagine in 10 lives.
3. This is the doing of England management and ECB. ECB has treated KP like shit from the captaincy days. If the wound has festered, KP is not to blame. If they keep leaking private conversations, I'd excuse a few out of the line behaviour by KP. Flower/Strauss - poor man management.
4. Anderson ratting on Pietersen publicly - shameful. Just imagine KP saying *ANYTHING* slightly less complimentary about his team mates - irrespective of the truth in it, will he not be crucified? How do Andersen et al get away with it? Swann publicly made ufn of KP in his biography. Was he even reprimanded by ECB
5. The Video , it sesms , was hastily arranged, and against the advice of ECB. Seems like a damage control effort by KP. Still, I commend him for making that cunning move because it has checkmated ECB and called theeir blufff. This is the only consoldation prize although ECB is smart enough to mitigate this in a few days and continue propoganda against him
6. Unfortnately, this is kali yuga. So the Bad guys will win. England to win the Lord's test - and Strauss/Flower etc triumphantly point out the absence of KP as the reason, and ECB to roar triumphantly.
7. Make no mistake, when Broad et al demand an IPL Window, England will listen. While I am sufficiently well experienced in the ways of the world to understandd and predict ECB's cunning, even I am eager to know what reasons they'll give for that then. Even the accomplished spin doctor4 in me cannot guess that!
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From: Plum on 13th August 2012 08:52 PM [Full View]
Saastrigal and Sunny bhai - denounced as BCCI agents.
What are Sky Commentators doing? Are they even trying to take a balanced view? Did they criticise 5 ODis against Australia instead of another test with South Africa? Di dthey try to be balanced in this KP issue? NOOOO....why should I believe Nasser and co. aren't taking the ECB view? Will anyone investigate their bank accounts?
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From: Plum on 13th August 2012 09:04 PM [Full View]
[url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/3650889/Graeme-Swann-raps-idiot-Samit-Patel.html#ixzz23QohPRV J Guess who said this? [/url]
If he had texted it to someone instead of saying it publicly, he might have been dropped for the next test for slagging off a team mate in text messages!Samit's had much-publicised problems with the fridge.I think he's going in the right direction but I certainly don’t think he's there yet.It doesn't frustrate me but it should frustrate him.Actually, I suppose it does frustrate me - you just think, 'what an idiot'’
KP - watch and learn. If you want to slag off your team mate, do it publcily in tabloids or write a biohgprahy. adhai vittuttu chinna puLLA thanamA friendukku text message paNNIkitut. naansens !
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From: P_R on 13th August 2012 10:30 PM [Full View]
The weather gods permit very little playable time in England
I guess if the IPL happens in Feb/Mar they will be okay. Actually India is the only place cricket can be played in the world?
But that's not the most lucrative time I guess. So its not going to be easy for ECB to find a way around for the others.
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From: Plum on 13th August 2012 10:38 PM [Full View]
Cricket in May in England is nto a thondru thottu pazhakkam - only since 1998. manamirundhAl mArgabandhu
Anyway, adutha varusham Stuart Broad demand paNNuvAn - appO indha ECB epdi vandh bootsai nakkudhunnu pAkka dhAnE pOROm?
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From: Plum on 13th August 2012 10:43 PM [Full View]
One more important fact - Hugh Morris is close to Peter Moores, the England coach sacked as a result of pro-active complaint on behalf of team by a certain Kevin Pietersen.
70s mass masala movie hero: enga appavai konnavanai pazhi vAngAma vuda mAttEn
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From: wizzy on 13th August 2012 10:51 PM [Full View]
edhu enna pudhu kadhai test series in Eng always use to start around June/July..Windies are the ones most affected by IPL.
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From: Plum on 14th August 2012 08:38 AM [Full View]
P_R - Headingley drop paththi Swann karuththu ennannu avar inbox outbox, sent itemslAm investigate paNNinAngaLA unga England management? konjam kEttu sollunga? avaru mobile-laErundhu Strauss, Flower paththi ellAm enna msga nuppinArAm? konuam kEttu sollungaLEn
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From: Plum on 14th August 2012 08:58 AM [Full View]
If Shane Warne is talking more sense than you, then it is time to introspect, mr Andy Flower. Originally Posted by Shane Warne
ECB mouthpeice Guardian - what a fall for a mighty left-wing, liberal newspaper, to be on the same boat as the rest of English tabloids - doesnt stop at the above and adds a ECB-soothing, Flower-licking addendum:
Indeed, what gentlemanly game we are talking about Mr England Apologist Feeyar - if your Gendilman flower and Kadhalan Strauss are going to rebuke a player for talking to the opponents. Is that what Cricket represents for you, Mr Mudhalvan moderator Feeyar? Anniyan SendimentlAm kiriketla otthu varAdhungaLE? ha ha neengaLum unga England apologyum. Originally Posted by Selvi and Friends
This England arent the idealist vision you have in your mind. It is a shame you are supporting this bunch and their stalinist mafia.
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From: Plum on 14th August 2012 09:23 AM [Full View]
Fake KP acount run by close associate of Stuart James Christopher Broad, and followed by several England players until the issue blew up. Even James Taylor, who joined the team just recently, was following it until after KP's press conference. Clearly, it was part of thi team culture to make fun of KP openly.
Team SpiritAm, Gentlemanly spiritAm,. Thoo ! - ppl who support this team must be ashamed(esp those who profess old values of Cricket as the reason for it)
if Feeyar doesnt unsubscribe his support for this team now, all his homilies about gentleman's game, Cricket spirit are fake and lip service.
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From: P_R on 14th August 2012 09:33 AM [Full View]
Unselected. Originally Posted by Plum
In case it is, for some befuddling reason, not clear already, I hereby clearly distance myself from ECB making a big deal out of private communications. They thereby are holding themselves to higher standards of probity. naaLaipinna neenga solRa maadhiri problems varum.
It just goes to prove Andy Flowerukku naasookku paththalai. Like you, I should also offer consultation services.
munnAdi ellAm adikkumbOdhu kaaraNaththai sollittu adippAinga, has an immense profundity to it, that is underappreciated. ivaingaLukku Paaltics/Managemend vaguppu edukkalaam pOlayE.
KP's SAfricanness does not matter - this is exactly the kind of issues ECB opens themselves up to by making a big deal out of this. Flower is a Zimbabwean. So if Eng plays Zim tomorrow, will he be required to avoid interacting with them? Stupid of the Guardian to pursue this line. ippo sowriyamA irukkunu kaila kidaichadhai ellAm thookki adikkiRainga. It'll come back to bite them. It's going to make Irishness etc. important when they should be going forward in the 'England is a melting pot' line.
Although I don't agree with Usainbhai on how this is a transgression (seems an archaic view of teams, nationality, rivalry etc.) I do see the 'enough in enough' in the larger picture i.e. 'Management overhead' to handle K. So much so that they are willing to risk an almost certain loss from the top-spot than have KP in the team.
But, as I said yesterday, I think they are overrating team-spirit. It's not that important. In fact, that's what Usanbhai's first line said and then he kinda ended up saying the opposite!
Quite possibly this is a behind-closed-doors agreement. We kick you now as a public reprimand and then take you for the WorldT20. Let us see.
btw while I like Warne's "it's not like I lost my flipper" argument, I don't quite like it being quoted that he got away with how he treated Buchanan in public because he was a star. It is a terrible precedent.
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From: Plum on 14th August 2012 09:42 AM [Full View]
Then withdraw support for this team that is not upto your ideal standards? (Not that it matters to them or you even - but if you continue supporting them, it is sort of uneasy because you quoted certain ideals that they represent as a reason for supporting them)
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From: P_R on 14th August 2012 09:52 AM [Full View]
What ideals? Classical game, 90s heartbreakers, emotional connection, love the swinging ball. How does any of that go away. Hoggardukku ellAm ticket eduthavan saar.
My only political opinion is a near complete disregard to politics.
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From: P_R on 14th August 2012 09:54 AM [Full View]
Btw it seems the parody twitter account was run by a friend of Stuart broad it seems
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From: wizzy on 14th August 2012 09:57 AM [Full View]
Mr.rules Andy and his paranoia knows no bounds..he pulled up Monty for bowling to Sach in nets and Chavi for idolizing SachKP's SAfricanness does not matter - this is exactly the kind of issues ECB opens themselves up to by making a big deal out of this. Flower is a Zimbabwean. So if Eng plays Zim tomorrow, will he be required to avoid interacting with them? Stupid of the Guardian to pursue this line. ippo sowriyamA irukkunu kaila kidaichadhai ellAm thookki adikkiRainga. It'll come back to bite them. It's going to make Irishness etc. important when they should be going forward in the 'England is a melting pot' line.
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From: P_R on 14th August 2012 09:59 AM [Full View]
And this news was outed by Piers Morgan.
@ flower. nee innum vaLaraNum Thambi!
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From: Plum on 14th August 2012 11:23 AM [Full View]
No it has gone beyond Flower. I doubt if Flower would have wanted KP dropped at this juncture. It is Hugh Morris. Flower unfortunately didn't prevent KP from making it public - I think he didn't expect that. Mismanagement but not mis-nasookku+naadhirthanam from Flower
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From: wizzy on 14th August 2012 06:35 PM [Full View]
Boycott
Then we had the last straw. Texting comments to the opposition about the captain was unforgivable. Telling them how to bowl and get him out is simply not acceptable and deserves a public apology. expecting a bout of ball tempering/fixing charges next to spice things up..thank god KP scored a 100 else he would have accused of under performing to subvert Mr.rules Andy/Ecb
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...say-sorry.html
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From: SoftSword on 14th August 2012 06:39 PM [Full View]
Telling them how to bowl and get him out - is it true he did that or he is jus speculating?
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From: P_R on 14th August 2012 07:00 PM [Full View]
Nai Segar: enna avan avan ishtaththukku pEr vaikkiRAn!?
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From: Plum on 14th August 2012 07:35 PM [Full View]
England naadhari machinery in full swing. Sandhegamnu vandhuttA PG WodehouseaiyE desadrohinu odhukki vechcha koottam vandhERi KP-ai vittu vaikkumA?
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From: wizzy on 14th August 2012 08:24 PM [Full View]
dig//Plum, check PM immediate//
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From: ajithfederer on 15th August 2012 09:21 AM [Full View]
Kirsten doing an unlike-kirsten. Revealing No 1 goal and all. You better not choke this one choke africa. More details see c-info.
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From: Plum on 15th August 2012 09:52 AM [Full View]
Oh Yeah Fed. Freudian slip. C-Word beckoning. What's worse is they'll lose to a KP-less England. Win-Win for everyone supporting England and the stalinist ECB. ingE oruththar egiRuvAru pArungaO - adhaiyellAm pAkkardhukkuLLa Ban AagidaNum
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From: wizzy on 15th August 2012 10:21 AM [Full View]
last time Kirsten opened his mouth on his ambitions as a batsman..the net result was this entire Saffa contingent needs a silencer until the series ends.
http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/62300/62396.jpg
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 15th August 2012 02:24 PM [Full View]
Indra and vaayu are on their way to attack the Saxon land, so play will be on and off! As of tomorrow surya will be attacking with scorching heat, and without KP, ingEr land will be battered like cod!
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From: SoftSword on 15th August 2012 04:15 PM [Full View]
kp edho apology letter eludhi kuduttharaam? inimae senjaa parentsa kootitu varanumnu soltaangalaamae...
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From: Plum on 15th August 2012 04:27 PM [Full View]
Is there a way to ban Faraumu durint the 3rd test. ivaru vaayaala vadai suttE Great Birtainukku 29 thangam vAngi kudutuhuttAru. England #1 rankingai cement paNNAma vuda mAttAr pOlayE?
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From: ajithfederer on 15th August 2012 05:06 PM [Full View]
. +1.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 15th August 2012 05:10 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by Plum
But your wish won't come true flau, cos Fee yaar is MOD of this Sport section and he would want ingEr land to win
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From: Plum on 15th August 2012 10:28 PM [Full View]
KP - Londonla irundhum oru mukkiyamAna training miss paNNittAn. Oru dressing room fullA thannai mock paNdravanga irundhAlum epdi samALIkkaRAdhunu FAramu kitta training eduthirundhA indha prachnai vandhirukkumA?
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From: ajithfederer on 15th August 2012 11:12 PM [Full View]
Meanwhile Strauss is playing his 100th test tomorrow. I think this is one of the greatest achievements a cricketer can have in his career.. Going forward with the 3-format cricket/IPL/Ch league I don't think many present/future cricketers can achieve this landmark. Looking back he has made his debut in May 2004. ECB must be applauded for arranging an average of 12-13 Tests/year. . Heard he was also dropped for a couple of test matches in his career.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/...ry/577339.html
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From: Plum on 15th August 2012 11:33 PM [Full View]
Couple of test matches illai. naduvula oru rendu varusham oorai vittu odhukki vechurundhAnga. appuRAm nEW zealandala poyi oru century adichu estabkish AayittAn.
Strauss just hypocritically talked about not washing dirty linen in public. appO Swann? Anderson? Hypocrite!
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From: ajithfederer on 15th August 2012 11:36 PM [Full View]
Illainga 2008(???) SL tour mattum dhan nu nenaikuren. Look at his test match list.
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From: P_R on 15th August 2012 11:52 PM [Full View]
Anderson: naakku thellEdhE
Morris: satisfied with the response
Flau: ellAm aivAs
http://www.wisdenindia.com/broad-den...er-controversy
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 09:48 AM [Full View]
they were murmuring about a possibility of a new captain(Cook) on Ind tour with Strauss diminishing returns as batsman but now with KP saga Strauss has got himself a new lifeline..world works in mysterious ways
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From: scorpio on 16th August 2012 11:37 AM [Full View]
Request / suggestion/ recommendation / Warning to PS:
PS- From today, for the next 5 days, pl. pl. support England. veNNai thirandhu varra samayathula paanaiya udaikkaadheenga
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From: VinodKumar's on 16th August 2012 11:41 AM [Full View]
Paramu oda strategy ku oorae bayapaduthu. Neer kalakum paramu. But ellam konja naalaiku thaan aama solliputtaen.
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From: P_R on 16th August 2012 12:28 PM [Full View]
Strauss - handled the press well in this intree IMO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...sen?CMP=twt_gu
summA kudainju kudainju leading questions kEkkuRainga.
My manappAl is of course that the anti-KP-ness makes everyone play out of their skin to prove a point.
Atleast, asingamA thOkkAma, konjamAchchum fight paNNAk kooda vengala kiNNam tharalAm.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 02:44 PM [Full View]
iztart da mujik
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 03:03 PM [Full View]
Poor IngEr land have to fight with Panja bootha as well as SA, today Lord Surya is attacking with scorching temp, tomorrow Lord indra with Vayu bagahavn will be causing havoc, which means Inger land will be playing in Amazon humidity like condition! so bye bye to No 1 position!
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From: scorpio on 16th August 2012 03:11 PM [Full View]
SA wins the toss and will bat first!
No Bressy for England as Swann comes back.
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From: scorpio on 16th August 2012 03:11 PM [Full View]
PS- mEla ungalukku oru suggestion pOtten, padichu adhu maadhiri nadanthukOnga
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 03:14 PM [Full View]
sareenga Opeesar Originally Posted by scorpio
PS- mEla ungalukku oru suggestion pOtten, padichu adhu maadhiri nadanthukOnga
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From: scorpio on 16th August 2012 03:30 PM [Full View]
Pitch report engayum pOdalayE.....did SA make a wise decision to bat first?
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 04:13 PM [Full View]
England's South Africans are on a sticky wicket
All Eng vazh Saffa cricketers ought to read this..pertinent article hitting all the right notes
Now is the moment to spell out explicitly what has so far only been a subtext in this sordid saga. Pietersen is the latest white South African to use his selection for the England cricket team to promote his personal ambitions. In particular, his behaviour is startlingly similar to the conduct of Tony Greig, who came to England to play cricket in the Seventies, a time when South Africa was banned from world sport because of apartheid. Like Pietersen, Greig was a model English cricketer for as long as it suited him.
Like Pietersen, Greig was a mercenary. But Greig’s conduct was worse than Pietersen’s because, for a long time, he enjoyed the greatest accolade an English cricketer can receive – the national captaincy. He then used that position to become the recruiting sergeant for Kerry Packer’s international circus, the Seventies version of the Indian Premier League, for which Kevin Pietersen has already played.
It is interesting that one of Pietersen’s strongest defenders has been Allan Lamb, another South African-born cricketer who established his place in the England team. “As an Englishman,” Lamb is on record as stating, “I am delighted that KP is on our side.” Yet in my mind there were questions about whether Lamb was always playing for England – or for himself. I vividly remember the Old Trafford Test of 1984, when England were battling to save the follow-on against the then mighty West Indies. When the ninth wicket fell, Paul Terry, whose arm had been broken earlier in the innings, came to the crease. The most obvious justification for his bravery was to help England save the follow-on.
That is not how Lamb interpreted the situation. He blocked five balls then, rather than take a single that would have enabled him to keep the strike, ran for two to complete his hundred. Terry was out to the first delivery of the next over. Lamb’s personal objective of a century had been secured – but arguably at the expense of the England team.
The conduct of Greig, Pietersen and (to a less egregious extent) Lamb raises an urgent question: is it possible to be born and brought up as a South African and give your full loyalty to England? I believe not. Nationality is not just a matter of convenience. It is a matter of identity. Kevin Pietersen may have chosen to come to Britain. But his attitudes and his cast of mind were formed in South Africa. Ultimately, Pietersen has not much idea of what it means to be British.
Playing cricket for England demands a sensibility that he seems to lack: a sense of restraint, decency and fair play. Above all, Pietersen seems unable to grasp the concept that the team comes before the individual. His claim to be fighting a battle on behalf of his fellow professionals shows this. Playing for England at any sport is not just about professionalism, it is about national pride. All great England cricketers – from Len Hutton to Andrew Strauss, who notably moved from South Africa to England aged six – have known that deep down they are also ambassadors for their country. This idea seems to baffle Pietersen, as it did Greig.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...ky-wicket.htmlSo, I am afraid, have a number of other white South Africans now jostling to join the England cricket team. It is less than six years since the talented wicketkeeper batsman Craig Kieswetter was playing for the South African under-19s. Now, thanks to a nicety of the registration process, he’s on the verge of England selection. Jonathan Trott’s conduct on and off the field has been faultless. But let’s not forget that he too has turned his back on Mandela’s South Africa.
There are those who argue that England should always choose the best players, no matter where they come from. But the examples of Greig and Pietersen suggest otherwise. That is why we should be thrilled to play against South Africa at Lord’s in the Test match today. But bitter experience shows that we should be very suspicious of those South Africans who want to play for us.
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From: Dinesh84 on 16th August 2012 04:41 PM [Full View]
Yohan Blake rang the bell on the opening morning, England v South Africa
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...600/148697.jpg
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 05:09 PM [Full View]
Finn.
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From: P_R on 16th August 2012 05:10 PM [Full View]
wizzy post paNNa article unselected enbadhai theRiviththukkoLgiREn
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 05:14 PM [Full View]
Kallis
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 05:15 PM [Full View]
20.3
Finn to Kallis, OUT, 140.4 kph, We have another review for a catch down the leg side. Was the hand even on the bat? This is a tight call. Is there clear evidence it actually hit the glove? There's a noise for sure. The ball has brushed the bottom hand but it is off the bat by the looks of these replays. Enough doubt for a not-out by the looks of it, but Rod Tucker having a long look. Oh, my goodness, he's given him! This will be controversial. That hand did not look as though it was on the bat and, remember, it was given not out on the field. Had to be conclusive evidence
JH Kallis c †Prior b Finn 3 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
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From: scorpio on 16th August 2012 05:15 PM [Full View]
SA loosu pasanga
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 05:19 PM [Full View]
In this series Kallis has been meek against short pitch stuff so much for being the great bat who can't deliver when the heat is on
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 05:23 PM [Full View]
Lord Indra has arrived!
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 05:30 PM [Full View]
Wizz, last match-la he ducked under for the ball to nick his glove
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 05:32 PM [Full View]
seeds of doubt already been sown with Eng's non-action over the taunts against Bopara/Samit Patel/KP...racial profiling Originally Posted by P_R
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From: P_R on 16th August 2012 05:52 PM [Full View]
Well played session.Kamaan.
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From: P_R on 16th August 2012 06:07 PM [Full View]
Dunno if you remember, the first person to pass comments in public about Patel's rotundity was your chellam KP. Recently Swann did. reNdum nyAbagathula vachchukkaNum.
Gough, Austin have all been jibed by the media and team-mates for their shape. Gough was in particular very sensitive to such comments and Usainbhai used to handle him.
idhukkellAm racial basis attribute paNRadhu hypersensitivity.
Osborne in the wrong direction when talking about SAffers. One bad apple makes you overlook all the positives? And he goes retro and speaks ill of Allan Lamb (actualA ivarai paththi theriyAdhu - Plum, siru kuRippu varaiga) to make a 'thennAppirikkA kAraingaLE ippadi dhaan', which is sheer nonsense.
avinga oor sivasena pOla indha aaL.
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 06:33 PM [Full View]
Gough/Austin were never been dropped for being seemingly unfit nor been ridiculed on their eating habits by their respective coach imagine if the tables were reversed and KP's friend had set up an parody twitter account on Barbie..would he/his dad/ECB have taken it laying down..If you go through the list of cricketers who have been disciplined by ECB/Andy over the last 4 yrs you might see a common thread
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 06:46 PM [Full View]
Poche poche - onnaa rendaa aayiram porkaasugal for smith kirsten and co. Mandabathula ezhudhuna kavidhaiya nambi kaLam iRanginA ipdi thaan....choke africa.
IN-GER-LAND
IN-GER-LAND
IN-GER-LAND
RRRRROOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR!
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 16th August 2012 07:05 PM [Full View]
Well...SA need to recoup here....Guess ABD is the man
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 07:09 PM [Full View]
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 07:18 PM [Full View]
JEmes Blunderson's review turned down
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 07:18 PM [Full View]
Anderson to de Villiers, no run, length ball darts back in hit in front of off ... Anderson thinks he's got him but Dharmasena shakes his head. England don't take long to ask for the review. The questions for Tucker this time are whether the ball has hit de Villiers in line and whether there might be an inside edge. Well, it looks as if the bat may have scraped the pad, but didn't hit the ball ... And Hawk Eye decides that ABdV was just outside the line of off stump and the decision is upheld.
Umpire reviews remaining South Africa 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); England 0 (2 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 07:25 PM [Full View]
JEmes Blunderson's review turned down
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 16th August 2012 07:37 PM [Full View]
Anderson to de Villiers, out Caught by Alastair Cook!! Anderson continues to have a good time at Lord's. England are firmly on top with this big wicket. Anderson pitched it up and got it to move away. de Villiers was induced into the drive and gets a thick edge that flies low and to the left of Cook at third slip. He snaps it up with ease and South Africa slip down further. de Villiers c Alastair Cook b Anderson 27(47)
Now he's gone...Anderson it is again...SA would do well to get to 200...
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 07:43 PM [Full View]
F_R - you gpot it right. He is a eright winger who probably supports apartheid. I don't count him seriously. As far as english media goes, the only one I take seriously is Guiardian, which is why Selvey's cynical misuese of hs position with such a liberal, left wing newspaper to espouse his right winbg views annoys me.
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
F_R - you gpot it right. He is a eright winger who probably supports apartheid. I don't count him seriously. As far as english media goes, the only one I take seriously is Guiardian, which is why Selvey's cynical misuese of hs position with such a liberal, left wing newspaper to espouse his right winbg views annoys me.
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 09:17 PM [Full View]
Duminy do a perth/melbourne 2009 man.. hope this doesn't jinx.
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 09:38 PM [Full View]
Mudinchu. Lord Faramu strikes again for Great Britain. Discussions are on and it is learnt that given his services, nothing less than the position of King will be suitable for him. Our Buckingham sources say that Elizabeth is likely to say Yes in a televised conference on Sunday.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 09:41 PM [Full View]
yOv Originally Posted by Plum
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From: SoftSword on 16th August 2012 09:42 PM [Full View]
first of all, bad decision to bat on gloomy conditions...
second, mudivil dharumam vellum...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 09:43 PM [Full View]
from Sir Faramu to Lord Faramu ! Thanks for the promotion Flau
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From: venkkiram on 16th August 2012 09:44 PM [Full View]
காலிஸ் அண்ணன் சுத்தம்!
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From: SoftSword on 16th August 2012 09:45 PM [Full View]
and u know wat next, dont u? Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 16th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
theriyala ?
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From: ajithfederer on 16th August 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
King Paramu
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 09:58 PM [Full View]
1. Jacques Henry Kallis - never any good in propah English conditions and pitches. If not for that sub-continental Oval pithc, he'd have gone back with zero centuries in this series. As it stands, he'll go abck with one century in England in this series but that just doesnt count. Ten staps back, Jacques(and 19th May). Go join Ricky and Rahul there. You are not allowed on the stage where Sach and Brian rule.
2. Graeme Smith tails off during the fag end of series in England. Fact. He is a"First test bully" when playing against England in England
3. ABCD Villain - never rated him much. He has absolutely failed in this series much as I expected. Never any good against the best bowling, Time for some Piyush Chawla grubbers, ABCD. See ya in IPL.
4. Amla - hasn't proven himself in England, has he? That sub-continental pithc in Oval, I tell you. England could have won this series but for that. Still, a drawn series is not bad, eh?
5. Rudolph and Duminy - not good enough to score centuries. Waste of space at #6 and #7
6. De Villiers as keeper will further set back SA
7. Remember that SA hasnt bundled England for less than 200 for several years. And are unlikely to do so now in this test
8. 1-1 , it is, so.
Congratulations to Moderator F_R - the England reign continues
Kevin Pietersen - you are history, man!
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 10:33 PM [Full View]
flat Lords pitch..expect Strauss to score a 100 on his 100th test
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 10:38 PM [Full View]
300 is a distant dream for South Africa now. 350-400lAm chance-E illai. South Africa need atleast 350 in the first innings to have a chance of saving or winning this match. Looks impossible now.
Has there been any other occasion when a team has emphatically looked the winner on the first day and the other one the emphatic loser.?
Why waste time? Shouldnt Smith concede now itself? Saves time. Saves energy. Saves world wide productivity?
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From: wizzy on 16th August 2012 10:52 PM [Full View]
Steyn is toying with Jimmy
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From: venkkiram on 16th August 2012 10:58 PM [Full View]
Jacques Kallis struggles to understand why he was given out by DRS!
http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTU...700/148705.jpg
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 11:08 PM [Full View]
indha Tucker..ai epdi thittaRadhu? Alraedy South Africa thathingaNathhOm. ivan not outAi vERa outnu kudukkaRAN.
Dei tucker....you ......tucker!!
(rhymingA pOttukOnga)
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From: Plum on 16th August 2012 11:10 PM [Full View]
Whimsical interpretation of DRS evidence gives advantage to England. Feeyar, what did we say before the series?
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 11:12 AM [Full View]
An Aussie Rod Tucker intentionally favoured England over SA, is it?
Does he have a track record that suggests this and you have reason to believe he was intentionally inserted to engineer such a decision?
Egregious human error. Case closed. (didn't watch it, adhu vERa vishayam - just reading about it. Will see and then consider adding it to my extremely thin dataset).
1) Do you still believe DRS removes howlers? - of course yes.
2) Does DRS deliver 100% accuracy - Duh! No
3) If it is not bulletproof, is it worth it - yes. Ref. 1
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 11:38 AM [Full View]
This isn't the first time DRS had favoured Eng in this series..Eng/DRS are like Shakuni/dice.. teams playing against them always seem to get the rough end of the stick Kallis was never a fan of DRS and now this..edhakku thaen periyavanga petcha ketkannum
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 11:47 AM [Full View]
What other examples in this toor?
Rod Tucker edhukkunga Englandai support paNNuvaaru?
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 12:05 PM [Full View]
Graeme Smith in the 2nd innings of the 2nd test when he was given out by the onfield umpire and the call was upheld eventhough there was no visible evidence that he nicked it.
who knows may be ECB got hold of some videos of Tucker getting cozyRod Tucker edhukkunga Englandai support paNNuvaaru?
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 01:17 PM [Full View]
ennayyA adhaiyin thittureenga. Oru consistency vONaavA? Originally Posted by wizzy
Evidence was not strong enough to overturn
adhukku badhilA Asad Rauf video-vai vaangiyirundhA innum konjam ubayOgamA irundhirukkum Originally Posted by wizzy
who knows may be ECB got hold of some videos of Tucker getting cozy
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 02:39 PM [Full View]
see the footage...yawning gap between bat/ball..the mark was bat hitting the ground.Evidence was not strong enough to overturn
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 03:06 PM [Full View]
Cheaters for giving kallis out!
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From: scorpio on 17th August 2012 03:17 PM [Full View]
PS- What is the weather forecast for today at Lords?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 03:19 PM [Full View]
Cloudy with 30 odd Celcius, so Inger land would be sweating
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From: scorpio on 17th August 2012 03:39 PM [Full View]
SA will take the field soon anyway.....no rains?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 03:49 PM [Full View]
mEla ennoda post padikaliya , ennaiku Lord la mazhai illa Originally Posted by scorpio
SA will take the field soon anyway.....no rains?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 03:50 PM [Full View]
300 avathau adipangala
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 03:52 PM [Full View]
100 runs for the last two wickets.
England has already let the advantage slip.
Kamaan. suruttu immediat!
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From: scorpio on 17th August 2012 03:52 PM [Full View]
Next 3 days forecast enna? yedhavadhu paNNi indha match wash out aagaNum!
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 03:56 PM [Full View]
Very hot and humid, SA can stand the heat , but not the yourskhire boys Originally Posted by scorpio
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From: scorpio on 17th August 2012 04:02 PM [Full View]
Philander- 50
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 04:07 PM [Full View]
Strauss you tard bowl Finn..attack Philandarval.. Dhoni's patented defensive captaincy on display//
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 04:10 PM [Full View]
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From: ajithfederer on 17th August 2012 04:12 PM [Full View]
pr
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 04:12 PM [Full View]
Neenga SA-Eng ODI-yai one-off 'nteengaLE. Originally Posted by wizzy
Ashes-la ellAm silapala tayathula attack paNNuvaarE.
Oru wicket vizhundhA pOdhum, batsman-ai vaLaichchu vaLaichu field vaippAr. enna aachO theriyalai.
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 04:13 PM [Full View]
mOrkaLi mooNu four - ennadA idhu
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 04:26 PM [Full View]
P_R, you got to read what Chappelli had to say about Strauss the captain...he hardly attacks with the bowling resource @ his disposal..spreads the field @ the first instance of batsman attacking...in this match he just gave a free rein to Philanderval and was trying to get the batsman at the other end
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 04:32 PM [Full View]
Finn gets the wkt in his first over Is Strauss helping Saffas by getting Finn to bowl after 10 overs
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 04:35 PM [Full View]
VD Philander
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 17th August 2012 06:26 PM [Full View]
Dale Steyn's got Trott again. Superb review by Graeme Smith. South Africa on top....
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 17th August 2012 06:34 PM [Full View]
Horrendous shot from Alastair Cook. Steyn's got two. England tottering.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 06:42 PM [Full View]
SA
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 06:44 PM [Full View]
KP should call Andy/ECB now and start negotiating
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 17th August 2012 07:52 PM [Full View]
Bell to get a fighting fifty here....Looks the part...
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From: VinodKumar's on 17th August 2012 09:08 PM [Full View]
Time for wicket. King Paramu vera engayavathu vela pannikitu irukaara .
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From: ajithfederer on 17th August 2012 09:11 PM [Full View]
Cha follow on avoided
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 09:11 PM [Full View]
ullEn aiya Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Time for wicket. King Paramu vera engayavathu vela pannikitu irukaara .
Bell ku yaravathu Mani adingappa
Once Bell is gone, IngEr land would collapse!
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From: VinodKumar's on 17th August 2012 09:20 PM [Full View]
Tahir ma*** maari bowling poduraan.
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From: ajithfederer on 17th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
Partnership 103*
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From: P_R on 17th August 2012 10:11 PM [Full View]
Bairstow-ku soththula pangu ezhudhi vaikkiRaaraam Flower
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 17th August 2012 10:11 PM [Full View]
SA should take Tahir out of the attacking!
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 10:16 PM [Full View]
Philanderval..high class bowling
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From: Plum on 17th August 2012 10:18 PM [Full View]
What people forget that, above all, St George up there is working overtime on the sporting arena over the past 3-4 years. It all started with Beijing olympics. Now, Great Britain is unassailable in the sports arena. Ofcourse, football world cup was missed but 2014, St George will take care of that also.
There is no way England are losing this test from here. Bairstow - the new Bell. Bell - the new KP. Kevin who?
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From: Plum on 17th August 2012 10:25 PM [Full View]
Place: England.
Star batsman has a bust up with Captain/rest of the team. Leaves the tour in a huff and dispute with the team. Another much-vaunted key batsman cries off injured/personal reasons. Two youngsters walk into the team and have a brilliant partnership. Both do well. One scores 131. Another 95. One of them goes on to be one of the best ever batsmen for his country and another one of the best ever captain for his country.
Bairstow will be Dravid or Ganguly? England legend in the making.
What a time to win/save a match for England. Son of a former first class cricketer as well. Thsi is a propah English batsman. Who needs South Africans to bat for England?
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From: ajithfederer on 17th August 2012 10:27 PM [Full View]
dig//Plum, did you read lax interview from the other thread.?/// end digg
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From: Plum on 17th August 2012 10:28 PM [Full View]
No - what happened?
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From: Plum on 17th August 2012 10:32 PM [Full View]
AF -. What the hell? Bleddy....indha sanju manju mattum en kaiyila kedaichAn....enakku vaarthaiyE varalai. kai kAlellAm udhaRudhu. yAraiyAvadhu kathi eduththu sorugaNum pOla irukku....I didnt even know a India test match is upcoming.
England - pls come to India and thrash these T20 specialists. IPl mattum dhAn minjaNum Indiala. These baskars dont deserve test cricket.
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From: ajithfederer on 17th August 2012 10:33 PM [Full View]
Paavam he seems to be pretty depressed going by the tone of the interview. Wwe will def'ly need him for both the Eng and mainly the Aus tour.
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From: SoftSword on 17th August 2012 10:38 PM [Full View]
why not he discuss with his colleagues/excolleagues...
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From: wizzy on 17th August 2012 10:54 PM [Full View]
Gaurav cholera got this to tweet
haven't had any confirmation from laxman yet on reports of retirement- source in BCCI tells @sanjeebcnnibn hyderabad could be his last test
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 18th August 2012 05:09 PM [Full View]
Morkel's got Bairstrow for 95. Just 5 runs short of what would have been a great hundred.........SA all set to have a slim lead...Hopefully they get a good score on board in the second....
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 07:14 PM [Full View]
Steyn is overhyped. Just can't blow away even the tail, can he? Not fit to tiew the shoe lace of Akram, Marshall or even Anderson. .watch the England bowlers intimiadate and bully Saffer batsman now....
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 07:36 PM [Full View]
Smith - what a waste captain and batsman! Elects to bat cowardly and fails in both innings
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 07:38 PM [Full View]
Alviro - ivanlaam series aggregate 182 adichaale periya vishayam. Ore inningsla adhai adichuttaan. Ippo indha inningsla centuryA adikka pORAn? Choke Africa!
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 07:41 PM [Full View]
See mApLais Anderson, Broad and Finn and Swann talend. Steyn and co. - learn how to bowl from this England bowlers.
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
Swann is in match winning form. Not only is this match England's already. That's bad news for Dhoni and co.
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From: wizzy on 18th August 2012 08:03 PM [Full View]
Plum is killing it..where is PS the saviour of Eng
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 18th August 2012 08:19 PM [Full View]
Come on SA finish off the Cornish kids!!!
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 18th August 2012 09:14 PM [Full View]
Broad's got Petersen....Well hopefully Amla stays there till they get a sizable lead
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From: wizzy on 18th August 2012 09:34 PM [Full View]
worth 2 wkts thus far Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: ajithfederer on 18th August 2012 10:26 PM [Full View]
Bar stove 95.
Originally Posted by Plum
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From: wizzy on 18th August 2012 10:46 PM [Full View]
Kallis has proved his detractors wrong
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 11:13 PM [Full View]
England have won. Kallis and devilliers thorougly exposed as flat track bullies in this series. Amla also same - only in flat oval he scored. Cook, trott, bairstow, strauss, broad, swann, finn, anderson, bell, taylor, prior - now there's 11 batsmen who can win a match for their country even on this pitch. Thennaappirikka lucky at oval. England deserving winners at Lord's. Hail King Faramu of England.
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From: Plum on 18th August 2012 11:30 PM [Full View]
England have won. Kallis and devilliers thorougly exposed as flat track bullies in this series. Amla also same - only in flat oval he scored. Cook, trott, bairstow, strauss, broad, swann, finn, anderson, bell, taylor, prior - now there's 11 batsmen who can win a match for their country even on this pitch. Thennaappirikka lucky at oval. England deserving winners at Lord's. Hail King Faramu of England.
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 05:20 PM [Full View]
Jack shit he proved. However Dabur Amla
Originally Posted by wizzy
Kallis has proved his detractors wrong
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 06:33 PM [Full View]
England batsman Kevin Pietersen's text messages revealed
According to reports last night, Pietersen called Strauss a "doos" a term which means "box" but can also be used as an insult.
Pietersen was dropped by England for the third and final Test against South Africa after sending what he termed "provocative" text messages, criticising his team mates and management, to friends in the opposition.
England captain Strauss said he would seek answers from the South African-born Pietersen after the final Test at Lord's and added it may take time before he regains the players' trust.
A source close to the England dressing room told the Mail on Sunday: "If he refuses to show the contents of the texts then he's finished and if he does show the texts then he's probably finished anyway."
Pietersen's chances of being included in England's Twenty20 squad also appear to have receded after Strauss and the England Cricket Board confirmed that further discussions between the parties were needed, despite Pietersen's apology.
The International Cricket Council had originally set a T20 deadline for Saturday but has now moved that back to Aug 24, for members to submit their 15-player squads.
Meanwhile, Pietersen is set to play his first match on Sunday since being dropped by England, after he was included in Surrey's squad for a 40-over game against Ha,mpshire.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...w-Strauss.html
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 06:41 PM [Full View]
sounds like Barbie
"If he refuses to show the contents of the texts then he's finished and if he does show the texts then he's probably finished anyway."
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 19th August 2012 06:46 PM [Full View]
Amla.. clap:
Hopefully they keep the momentum going
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 19th August 2012 07:03 PM [Full View]
KP out first ball in the county match...Things just not going his way
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 07:08 PM [Full View]
250
Dei ramasaamy en ranking-ae eduthu vaida
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 07:08 PM [Full View]
Jimmy has been abysmal with the catching..he dropped like 3-4 catches in this series.
Swann to de Villiers,no run,dropped England have spilled another, it's Anderson at midwicket. de Villiers played a fraction early and it was a simple chance but it goes to grass. Catching is costing England so dearly this series
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 19th August 2012 07:36 PM [Full View]
England right back in the game....Two quick strikes...SA need to post at least 350 to get a win....
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 07:41 PM [Full View]
300 is a winning score on this pitch..Saffers can take their own sweet time to get there
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 07:45 PM [Full View]
Why is it seam/swing-ing a lot??
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
with the Olympics seems the wkt was underprepared...even a 50+ overs ball was seaming like hell in the morning session.
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 19th August 2012 08:15 PM [Full View]
Guess 300 would be sufficient with the ball seaming and swinging so much,like Wiz said.....
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 09:18 PM [Full View]
Swann - 3 wkts this whole series(??)
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
only PS can save Eng now
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 10:06 PM [Full View]
Morne did a VVS
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From: hamid on 19th August 2012 10:27 PM [Full View]
1 down. 9 to go
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 10:38 PM [Full View]
other than Kallis Captain Cook has been ruthlessly exposed in this series..he is Eng's ATG whose stats just doesn't reflect his stature as batsman..analogy with Sadagoppan Ramesh still stands..had he played in the 90s Wasim bhai would have ended his career then there though expect him to minnow bash Indian bowlers and proclaim his ATGness .
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From: hamid on 19th August 2012 10:39 PM [Full View]
Strauss
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From: wizzy on 19th August 2012 10:39 PM [Full View]
Akashwani eat that Philanderaval
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 10:43 PM [Full View]
That was in the script for Strauss but South Africa have been tearing up England's plans all summer. Out comes Kevin Pietersen Ian Bell to save the day
cricinfo.
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From: ajithfederer on 19th August 2012 11:32 PM [Full View]
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ch/474475.html
What started last year for England on Aug 22nd 2011 ends on 20th Aug 2012. I don't think anybody from now on can even hold the No 1 for a year, imho. In hindsight India could brag that they were there for 20 months. SA could very well be in trouble against Aus in Aus @ Nov this year.
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From: P_R on 20th August 2012 10:14 AM [Full View]
If they lose this and then take KP for T20 it will be perceived as 'crawling back' to him because they need him.
to Andy Flower: savaal vittu sangadaththula mAttukittiyE maappu
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 02:40 PM [Full View]
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 02:48 PM [Full View]
all signs for a draw... Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 02:52 PM [Full View]
Even if it is a draw, SA win the series and become no 1 Originally Posted by SoftSword
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 03:01 PM [Full View]
all signs for a series draw... Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Even if it is a draw, SA win the series and become no 1
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 03:03 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by SoftSword
Katrpanikum orul alavU vEnam
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 03:04 PM [Full View]
Amalan
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 03:15 PM [Full View]
10.35am It's an overcast day in London which will please the South Africa bowlers although they've been outstanding whatever the conditions.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 03:19 PM [Full View]
?? Eh It is going to be hot, BTW, sEma attach by Lord Surya on Saturday/Sunday, poor england Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 03:34 PM [Full View]
Izstart da mujik!
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 04:30 PM [Full View]
25.6
Steyn to Trott, 3 runs, OUT, 138.6 kph, oh goodness, what a shambles from England! Run out going for a fourth. Sums things up for the home side
JWA Taylor run out 4 (23b 0x4 0x6) SR: 17.39
No words to describe this.
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 05:51 PM [Full View]
Whoa whats happening here. England just made 100+ runs in that session
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 05:53 PM [Full View]
Incidentally Trott has now been involved in five run outs but it has always been his partner who has made the walk back to the pavilion.
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:06 PM [Full View]
Choke Africa
Really, what a bunch of losers! Steyn is such a loser that he melts when a batsman takes the attack to him. Best bowler in the world? Not a chance.
Kirsten - wizzy, post that photo of Kirsten with his race rearranged facial features you posted some time back
England missed King Faramu's contribution in the weekend. Now that it is a weelday with Faramu watching, England are winning this.
What a true blue Briton, King Faramu is!
Hail King Faramu!
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
IN - GER - LAND
RRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:07 PM [Full View]
King Faramu - If you dont leave this thread with immediate effect, Elizabaethai nInga dhAn kaNNAlam kattikkaNum. SammadhamA?
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:13 PM [Full View]
ramasamy edutha vecha Ranking ooooooooo....thennAppirikkA are history! Ingerland is the champion! Originally Posted by ajithfederer
250
Dei ramasaamy en ranking-ae eduthu vaida
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 06:15 PM [Full View]
Last 10 ovs 52/0 RR 5.20
Ayyayo. Dei selath aaprika wicket edungada.
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:15 PM [Full View]
Like hell it is. England are acing a 340+ last innings chase. Wizzy - admit it you got it terribly wrong! Originally Posted by wizzy
300 is a winning score on this pitch..Saffers can take their own sweet time to get there
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 06:16 PM [Full View]
8 runs in this over already.
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:17 PM [Full View]
In your dreams. England are retaining their #1 ranking after this match. India are gone already, SA will disintegrate in the shcok of yet another choke in this match. No competition for England Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:20 PM [Full View]
South Africavai nambi kanavu kaNdavangaLEllAm -
Innikku moderatorukku mangaLam unDAgum!
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 06:20 PM [Full View]
Plum strategy effect
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 06:23 PM [Full View]
arasan anru kolvaan... plum pugazhndhae kolvaar...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 06:31 PM [Full View]
Flau Originally Posted by Plum
Ippo thaan net la "Devon ke dev mahadev" , "Veera badrar" episode paathu kittu irkEn, Jagirathai! Mind it
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:31 PM [Full View]
Fed - Prior and Trott is the best combo for England now. Watch maapla talends at taking this match away from Saffa chokers now....
Repeat: at Kirsten and co.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 06:32 PM [Full View]
Trotting is trotting away , lets see what Mud Fire can do ,
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:36 PM [Full View]
Prior and Trott taking this match away from Saffa already...easily scoring runs at will.
Have you seen a bunch of chokers like South Africa in your life?
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:37 PM [Full View]
Mud Fire can set SAffas on Fire and reduce them to mud - as it happens to Saffas always.
England - conquerors of the world
Saffas - bunch of chokers
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:51 PM [Full View]
Tahir is probably even worse than the Indian spinners. Hopeless selection by Smith and Kirsten.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 06:56 PM [Full View]
in Bawla class..can't turn the leggies..survives purely on googlies..there is a reason why Pak didn't pick him Originally Posted by Plum
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:56 PM [Full View]
Unlucky Trott! Still, this is the venue where Stuart Christopher James smashed 169*, isnt it?
With batting talent uptill FInn at #11, England are still favourites to ace this chase...
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:58 PM [Full View]
Someone in Cricinfo felt Robin Peterson would have done better. I agree. I picked him in my EA Sports XI. I even managed to get a Pietersen - c Petersen b Peterson entry in my EA Sports scorecard
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 06:59 PM [Full View]
As I mentioned, Stuart Broad is taking this game away from the Saffas right from the word Go! What an all-rounder! Probably, after his match-winning innings today, Kallis can seek some tips from him?
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 07:03 PM [Full View]
Tahir again! Smith wants to lose this match, eh? Ofcourse, he will lose this match anyway but looks like he actually wants to lose it himself.
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 07:05 PM [Full View]
Broad - - what a match winning knock! Anyone in SA or India capable of similar impact, eh?
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 07:06 PM [Full View]
Again, Steyn just can't blast even lower order batsmen, can he? He just bleeds runs when attacked. Totally flukey #1 bowler. Not fit to tie the shoe laces of Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad or Tim Bresnan or the Current real #1 bowler in the world - Steve Finn!
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 07:17 PM [Full View]
Saffers should look to limit the damage until the next new ball..if Broad/Prior can score 100 runs in the next 25 overs then
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 20th August 2012 07:50 PM [Full View]
SA need to pick one of these guys quick. The pair's looking dangerous....
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 07:53 PM [Full View]
But you've got to feel sorry for Saffa supporters. Can't close the deal can they? How do they manage to choke every single time?
Anyway, moderatorukku mangalam undaagikittirukku....
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 07:53 PM [Full View]
Copy rights violations ! Originally Posted by Plum
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 08:03 PM [Full View]
Broad poitaan !!!
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 08:15 PM [Full View]
Ztuard Fraud scores 37
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 08:24 PM [Full View]
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 08:43 PM [Full View]
inspite of the regular wickets, i appreciate the positive intent of the england batsmen...
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 08:45 PM [Full View]
less than 100
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 08:47 PM [Full View]
is this thayirsadham bowling like a minnow?? indha adi adikkiranga...
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From: V_S on 20th August 2012 08:48 PM [Full View]
I like England's approach. Don't mind about the result.
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 08:48 PM [Full View]
Last 10 overs 53/1. Match can go any side
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 08:49 PM [Full View]
SA should remove Tahir
Oh well, what the heck, SA the real chokers
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 08:49 PM [Full View]
suttham Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
SA should remove Tahir
Oh well, what the heck, SA the real chokers
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 08:51 PM [Full View]
Aaha....
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 08:51 PM [Full View]
Kallis choking now
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 08:52 PM [Full View]
Naasam poiruchu. T20 WC practice pannuraanungala
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 08:52 PM [Full View]
All over Swan ellam 6 adikuran! Sutham
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 08:52 PM [Full View]
Appidii podu. Damm u sa...
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 08:54 PM [Full View]
If England can score another 30 runs before the new ball they will easily win this match.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 08:54 PM [Full View]
Why the Heck is Tahir bowling, I know it is hot and the pitch may have gone flat, but why ???
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 08:55 PM [Full View]
The rate at which they score consistently at this situation is exceptional
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 08:55 PM [Full View]
33 from last 3..
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 08:55 PM [Full View]
Thayir has just played his last match of his life
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 08:55 PM [Full View]
ImngER land nees less than 3 an over to win
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 08:57 PM [Full View]
They want to score as much as they can before the new ball. England strategy pottu lam veladumnu innaiku thaan therinjikitaen. New ball varumnu Steyn , Morkel and Philander lam wait pannikitu irukaanga aana athuku munnadiyae match mudinjirum pola .
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 08:57 PM [Full View]
Paramu. At-least now you have to accept that your posts indirectly help England. You made em win from a no hope position
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:00 PM [Full View]
Match tilting towards england though i count on steyn and philander with the new ball.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:00 PM [Full View]
Smith ought to slow the game. rr <3 even with new ball is gettable if Prior stays till the end
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:01 PM [Full View]
From 45-4 to 281/7. 4 out of top 5 scored 1,3,4 and 4. India would have wound up under 100.
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:01 PM [Full View]
Think thats out
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:02 PM [Full View]
Swann..g8 knock
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From: ajaybaskar on 20th August 2012 09:02 PM [Full View]
This is really good counter attack. Whether we like it or not, the deserving team is right there at the top.
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:02 PM [Full View]
Third umpire has been called in. Swann might be run out at the non striker end. Good work from Tahir. He's a goner. What a shame.
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:03 PM [Full View]
Swann :very admirable:
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:03 PM [Full View]
af, Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Paramu. At-least now you have to accept that your posts indirectly help England. You made em win from a no hope position
http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthrea...l=1#post934497
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:04 PM [Full View]
ss
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:05 PM [Full View]
who is we hereThis is really good counter attack. Whether we like it or not, the deserving team is right there at the top.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:07 PM [Full View]
game set and match
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:07 PM [Full View]
That seals it
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:07 PM [Full View]
Prior gone !!!.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:08 PM [Full View]
no its not
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:08 PM [Full View]
lol nopal.. Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
Prior gone !!!.
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:08 PM [Full View]
Ada seigh.
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From: ajaybaskar on 20th August 2012 09:09 PM [Full View]
We - Ennaya Chonnen
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:10 PM [Full View]
this is some epic choking..Saffers make a g8 case study in choking thesis.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 09:11 PM [Full View]
jEmes Blunderson in, SA remove the English Tail
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:14 PM [Full View]
Smith
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:14 PM [Full View]
naasmaa pOchu... Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
jEmes Blunderson in, SA remove the English Tail
param... neenga unmailayae vayitthukku veg-sub saapidravaraa irundhaa match mudiyara varai inga varaadheenga...
atleast plum we know he does something with intention... but u, we really cannot understand ur intention...
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:14 PM [Full View]
Smith not taking the new ball
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:14 PM [Full View]
Enna pannan ??? Originally Posted by hamid
Smith
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 20th August 2012 09:14 PM [Full View]
Considering SA's luck as always, there is a high chance of them choking again.
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:15 PM [Full View]
Have i got it wrong? The new ball is already due rt?
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From: ajaybaskar on 20th August 2012 09:15 PM [Full View]
Ivan loosa illa loose madhiri nadikkiraana?
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:15 PM [Full View]
Oh. Tayir-ae innum attack pannikitu irruku. Anderson rendu six ah potta thaan Smith-ku arivu varum pola.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:16 PM [Full View]
not out
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:16 PM [Full View]
Third umpire has been called in. Prior came down the track and missed. de Villiers took off the bails. Was Prior back in? This is another close call.
- Ithuvum pocha.
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:16 PM [Full View]
Tht shd be out
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:18 PM [Full View]
-edited-
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:19 PM [Full View]
adhanae patthaen..
pona outae... no ball'anu enakku davut... remember dhoni?
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:19 PM [Full View]
Hamid, new rule remember
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:20 PM [Full View]
Finally some sense... Hope steyn finish em off in style.
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:21 PM [Full View]
At least this? Not so sure
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:22 PM [Full View]
Wizzy. Whats tht? Anyway need 2 wkts, if possible after a little struggle by england for runs
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:23 PM [Full View]
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:24 PM [Full View]
vinod... cricbuzz is not refreshing
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:25 PM [Full View]
bails ought to be dislodged completely from its groove.
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:25 PM [Full View]
Yes. Cricinfo sentiment ah work aagalaenu cricbuzz vanthaen. Wicket vilunthuchu aana ippo refresh aaga maatinguthu. Originally Posted by SoftSword
vinod... cricbuzz is not refreshing
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:26 PM [Full View]
Philander the MOM, come on man, you started the slide and now ginish them. Get your five fer
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:28 PM [Full View]
Yes it is
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:29 PM [Full View]
Philanderaval
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From: vanchi on 20th August 2012 09:29 PM [Full View]
philanderrrrrrrr
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From: venkkiram on 20th August 2012 09:29 PM [Full View]
Commendable fight back from British! if they win, it can be called "tailor made" winning..
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 20th August 2012 09:30 PM [Full View]
He's got him....Philander....
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 09:30 PM [Full View]
Frier out
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:30 PM [Full View]
Prior was lucky but Gillysque knock
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:30 PM [Full View]
Well played prior... Still i dont like ur face anyway
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:31 PM [Full View]
Now bounce them for a while guys.... Ah itz over
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:31 PM [Full View]
Philander.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:31 PM [Full View]
Eng lose their ranking
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From: vanchi on 20th August 2012 09:31 PM [Full View]
goyallla overle
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 20th August 2012 09:31 PM [Full View]
Any case it's been a wonderful fight from the English...Very good innings from Prior...
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:32 PM [Full View]
Plum. You can come with your real face now
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
Congrats KP/all Saffa supporters Plum mission accomplished ...commiserations P_R/PS
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
Smith says number one in camera . You deserve it guys... Hold onto it and be a real no.1
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 09:34 PM [Full View]
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 20th August 2012 09:34 PM [Full View]
SA- the new world No.1.....Deservedly so
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From: vanchi on 20th August 2012 09:34 PM [Full View]
for a change, it is nice to see SA players smiling around.
been with the chokers tag too long
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From: V_S on 20th August 2012 09:35 PM [Full View]
Very good match. Well done SA. SA thoroughly deserve it and it is not an easy victory away from home. Eng could have played better at home.
Man of the series: Amla ?
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:35 PM [Full View]
England Still for fighting it out and not surrendering like a wuss read India.
SA. Kustame inimael than. Lets see how long you can keep the ranking.
P_r. Still well fought man. you can be proud.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 09:35 PM [Full View]
SA
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From: venkkiram on 20th August 2012 09:36 PM [Full View]
SA Let them dedicate this win to Mark Boutcher!
Philander
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From: ajaybaskar on 20th August 2012 09:36 PM [Full View]
Vaazhkai oru vattamda..
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 09:37 PM [Full View]
Flau
Wher are you ?
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From: vanchi on 20th August 2012 09:37 PM [Full View]
donald duck is understandbly too happy
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:39 PM [Full View]
expect Saffers to pass the mantle after OZ series
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:42 PM [Full View]
India can take heart from the fact we didn't get to lose our no.1 ranking @ home series..thunbathilum enbum
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:44 PM [Full View]
Wait till the end of this year
Originally Posted by wizzy
India can take heart from the fact we didn't get to lose our no.1 ranking @ home series..thunbathilum enbum
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:45 PM [Full View]
veera maranam england
sa, the number one team
first time in how many years??
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
The kings are dead, long live the kings! A dramatic, pulsating, sweat-drenched Test has ended with a 51-run win for South Africa, sealing the series 2-0 and plucking the No. 1 ranking from England's cold, dead hands. They fought hard until the bitter end, battling all the way down the order, pride the only thing left before their fall from the top, but South Africa have earned victory, earned their advantage in the series and deserve their spoils. England's year-long reign has been nothing if not eventful but this is their sixth defeat in their last 11 Tests; Gary Kirsten, meanwhile, becomes the first coach to lead two Test nations to No. 1 in the world. South Africa are also the first team to win a series in England since, er, South Africa, in 2008. Graeme Smith seems to like it here. Perhaps England should ask if they can swap him for Kevin Pietersen?
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
2nd time. before we got no 1 they were there for 4 months.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
AF,we are conditioned for white washes..even if we do get whitewashed we already have our excuses ready
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:51 PM [Full View]
paramu Originally Posted by SoftSword
naasmaa pOchu...
param... neenga unmailayae vayitthukku veg-sub saapidravaraa irundhaa match mudiyara varai inga varaadheenga...
atleast plum we know he does something with intention... but u, we really cannot understand ur intention... for understanding
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:52 PM [Full View]
. Saw buyout???. ss what abt u???
Originally Posted by wizzy
AF,we are conditioned for white washes..even if we do get whitewashed we already have our excuses ready
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 09:53 PM [Full View]
What the hell is this with two player of the series awards
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 09:54 PM [Full View]
haven't..will do right away after Saffers get the ICC Maze
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 09:55 PM [Full View]
Paavam edho paathu pottu kodukuraanga. Take it easy.
Originally Posted by hamid
What the hell is this with two player of the series awards
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From: SoftSword on 20th August 2012 09:57 PM [Full View]
no... by the time its available for me, its 3am... Originally Posted by ajithfederer
. Saw buyout???. ss what abt u???
waitin to watch... but one show a week is cheating ya... got used to watchin like close to 5-6 eps a nite...
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From: P_R on 20th August 2012 09:57 PM [Full View]
Well played SAfricans. You deserved to win the series.
Good fight England.
Top of the world for a year - numerically - longer arguably.
It was an incredible ride - Strauss & Flower. Thanks for all the fish!
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 10:01 PM [Full View]
P_R, KP still on Andy's speed dial Strauss doesn't warrant a place in this side..fast becoming a dead weight like Gangs was during his last days as kaptaan and his clueless captaincy to boot
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From: venkkiram on 20th August 2012 10:04 PM [Full View]
அவனுங்களோட வால இவ்வளவு நேரத்துக்கு ஆட்டவுட்டதே தப்பு! Gone are the days when Akram-Younis-Qadir trio chops British tail in a span of 5 to 10 overs.
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From: hamid on 20th August 2012 10:06 PM [Full View]
We miss you bouch- on smith's t shirt
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From: P_R on 20th August 2012 10:11 PM [Full View]
The way BAirstow was playing I hope they summon the guts to not call KP for some more time.
pArppOm.
Strauss-Cook-Trott : one of these Always fired in the 2 years. Let down.
What's with edging the new ball every single time
Philander was doing nothing great but was always getting wickets, it wasn't funny.
I still maintain Broad or Anderson, in flow, are far better bowlers than this Morkali and philander. But they were so so ordinary while these guys induced so many mistakes. ONNumE puriyalE ulagathilE.
Overall this series was not the 'fast bowling treat' I expected. Not saying this because England lost.
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From: ajaybaskar on 20th August 2012 10:11 PM [Full View]
@mohanstatsman: ICC no 1 Test teams: AUSTRALIA 6y-2m-22d (2003-2009); SOUTH AFRICA 3m-15d (2009), INDIA 1y-8m-7d (2009-2011) & ENGLAND 1y-7d (2011-12)
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 10:13 PM [Full View]
why do Eng get to still hold onto maze even after losing their ranking
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 10:14 PM [Full View]
here is the maze
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 10:18 PM [Full View]
Ellarum enna thappa purinchkittu irukeenga Originally Posted by wizzy
Congrats KP/all Saffa supporters Plum mission accomplished ...commiserations P_R/PS I was seriously bashing ( You know who), always wanted any teams playing Australia/England to win
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 10:18 PM [Full View]
Look at the Int'l calendar of Tests from now on. Other than Ind - nz 2 tests we have this much action to follow.
International tours
India v England, Oct 2012 - Jan 2013 (4)
Australia v South Africa, Nov - Dec 2012 (3)
South Africa v New Zealand, Dec 2012 - Jan 2013 (2 Tests, Boxing day test scrapped )
Australia v Sri Lanka, Dec 2012 - Jan 2013 (3)
South Africa v Pakistan, Jan - Mar 2013 (3)
Australia v India, Tentatively March (4)
New Zealand v England, Feb - Mar 2013 (3)
England v New Zealand, May - June 2013 (2)
England v Australia (The Ashes), June - Sep 2013 (5)
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 10:18 PM [Full View]
when did Strauss last scored a 100 against a competent sideStrauss-Cook-Trott : one of these Always fired in the 2 years. Let down. Cook craps against quality attack.
getting the ball to seam/keeping things tight..what more do you want from your backup bowlerPhilander was doing nothing great but was always getting wickets
Steyn/FinnOverall this series was not the 'fast bowling treat' I expected
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 20th August 2012 10:21 PM [Full View]
ellam Siva Mayum Originally Posted by SoftSword
naasmaa pOchu...
param... neenga unmailayae vayitthukku veg-sub saapidravaraa irundhaa match mudiyara varai inga varaadheenga...
atleast plum we know he does something with intention... but u, we really cannot understand ur intention...
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 10:28 PM [Full View]
you were chatterjeeing unwittingly..to celebrate Saffa victory could you burn some Struass/Andy effigies @ your place and post the pics here Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
Ellarum enna thappa purinchkittu irukeenga I was seriously bashing ( You know who), always wanted any teams playing Australia/England to win
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From: Arvind Srinivasan on 20th August 2012 10:48 PM [Full View]
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 10:51 PM [Full View]
mikka nandri King Faramu - finally you slipped in your duty and Britain stumbled. Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
SA should remove Tahir
Oh well, what the heck, SA the real chokers
shabba...romba kaNNa kattiduchE!
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 10:52 PM [Full View]
Look @ Kallis and Smith shirts ... Bouch 150 ... we miss u
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 10:52 PM [Full View]
Tahir Gajini padam villain maari irrukaan !!!
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 10:57 PM [Full View]
From cricinfo - " Smith's shirt has "miss u Bouch" written on it in pen. "This was going to be [Boucher's] 150th Test match and we wanted to let him know we were thinking about him."
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 10:58 PM [Full View]
Thayir reminds of Gopumon each time he goes for an extended celebration after getting no.9/10/11 even Paul Harris was better than this hack..in this series other than Prior..rest of his wickets were of tailenders.
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From: Plum on 20th August 2012 10:58 PM [Full View]
innikku ellOrumE duty paNNa vENdi vandhirukku pOlayE Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
- England thaNNi kAmichirichubA
No...ennOda nesstu targettu.. TirisA. Originally Posted by hamid
Plum. You can come with your real face now
England may have lost the ranking but there is no doubt they'll adminiser the mother of all thrashings to Dhoni and co. in India
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From: P_R on 20th August 2012 11:00 PM [Full View]
Oru low kept ball-la Bairstow avut aanadhum thayir orE jumbingi, runningi
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 11:00 PM [Full View]
Weed of SA. Originally Posted by wizzy
Thayir reminds of Gopumon each time he goes for an extended celebration after getting no.9/10/11 even Paul Harris was better than this hack..in this series other than Prior..rest of his wickets were of tailenders.
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From: VinodKumar's on 20th August 2012 11:00 PM [Full View]
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 11:02 PM [Full View]
. SA @ Aus in Nov should be interesting.
Originally Posted by P_R
Oru low kept ball-la Bairstow avut aanadhum thayir orE jumbingi, runningi
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 11:04 PM [Full View]
Plum, Usain bhai is already 'expecting' dustbowls during India tour and deemed it as 'grudge' series ..little does he know that we now don't have bats on play on them
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From: tamizharasan on 20th August 2012 11:13 PM [Full View]
AthuthAn SA jeichiruchchilla appuRam enna pEchchu vEndi kidakkathu.
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 11:14 PM [Full View]
Plum, Don't overpraise SA. Their #1 will be tested in Aus. I don't expect SA to do a 3-0 or 3-1 as Eng did to Aus 2 years ago. KP's episode is indeed a distraction. With KP they could have very well drawn the series. KP was the difference between both the sides.
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From: P_R on 20th August 2012 11:15 PM [Full View]
Actually Morkel Bowles better when India toured SA
Naan sariyA thaan pEsurEnA? Someone back me up I say. IllainnA kaduppula pEsuradhA Flau ninaippAru.
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From: ajithfederer on 20th August 2012 11:17 PM [Full View]
I expected Swann to trouble the SA. The shocking thing was SA batsmen countered his spin really well. It is really a bad sign for other teams if SA started to play spin this well
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From: P_R on 20th August 2012 11:20 PM [Full View]
Actually disappointed with Strauss for he fields he set Swann.
Swann was ordinary but he caught the edge so many times yday. But Strauss did nothing about it.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 11:20 PM [Full View]
Eng chickened out and were playing on absolute roads..imo he was the best bowler on view throughout the series..stats doesn't tell the full story.. Strauss/Cook were made to look like club cricketers yesterday..checkout how he had Bell in the first innings.Wizzy, philander was better in his debut series versus Aus. Movement, setting up batsmen etc. Here he didnt do much but England were treating him with too much respect methinks. They got out to many nothing balls.
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 11:25 PM [Full View]
also Eng were abysmal with catching..Amla was a major beneficiary..Saffa team should buy Jimmy a drink for his 5 drops
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From: wizzy on 20th August 2012 11:40 PM [Full View]
P_R, Broad was @ Phil pace all through and was hardly getting any movement/troubling the batsmen..I don't really get batsman giving 'respect'..Strauss was beaten all ends up before he got out padding up...imo that was the delivery which caused this dismissal/like you said batsman throwing their wkts away..pushpam or
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From: SoftSword on 21st August 2012 12:00 AM [Full View]
thirumbavum indha naatula yarachum swann'ku ticket eduthinganaa pesikkiraen...
series stats irundha yarachum podunga...
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From: wizzy on 21st August 2012 12:05 AM [Full View]
SS, stats here..Swann avgs 77 http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...84;type=series
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...84;type=series
if your wkt keeper tops the batting charts then your batting is really in doldrums
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From: wizzy on 21st August 2012 12:18 AM [Full View]
Strauss avgs 17.83..37 being the highest score no one seems to raise a finger about this white South-African elephant thx to KP saga.
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From: wizzy on 21st August 2012 10:43 AM [Full View]
George Dobell picks his top five teams in the history of Test cricket
classic case of jumping the gun
6 loses after this article??...Dobell the master ChatterjeestEngland, 2009-2011A controversial choice, perhaps (and only just edging the England side of 1911-12), but the statistics of England's recent success are compelling. England have won eight (and drawn one) of their last nine series and 20 of their last 31 Tests.
Perhaps even more impressively, 10 of those victories have been by innings margins. Four of England's batsmen are rated in the top ten and five of their bowlers are in the top 11 of the Test rankings. They have a well-balanced bowling attack that offers pace, bounce, swing and spin and a strong batting line-up including several men - Pietersen, Cook, Strauss and Bell - who all look set to surpass the current English record of 22 Test centuries.
Not only that, but they have inflicted crushing defeats upon India, Australia and Sri Lanka who have, in recent times, all been vying for top positions in the ICC Test rankings. No team has ever gone to Australia and inflicted three innings defeats in a series, while the Indian team defeated 4-0 in the summer of 2011 contained several players of the highest class - Tendulkar, Dravid, Dhoni and Laxman among them.
Uniquely among all the teams in this list, they key man in the England set-up is not actually a player. It is the coach, Andy Flower. Inheriting an under-performing, divided squad, he has instilled a work ethic and sense of purpose that has taken the side to the top of the world rankings.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/greatest...ry/538999.html
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From: wizzy on 21st August 2012 10:59 AM [Full View]
The hype machine was @ full swing before the series..Saker on his world class attack http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricke...cle3473954.ece
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 03:21 PM [Full View]
Are you series?? Even Grenada can play better againts swans and ducks? Swann is such an over hyped "Medi core" player, ithula vellakara pannadinga started to compare Swann with Murali Originally Posted by ajithfederer
I expected Swann to trouble the SA. The shocking thing was SA batsmen countered his spin really well. It is really a bad sign for other teams if SA started to play spin this well
Madhsudhanan Paneerselvam is a lot better !
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From: ajithfederer on 21st August 2012 06:09 PM [Full View]
Yes I am series paramu now you take it easy.
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 21st August 2012 06:21 PM [Full View]
Even the genuine typos from Paramu are extreme cases of misspelling Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: P_R on 21st August 2012 06:29 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: ajithfederer on 21st August 2012 06:29 PM [Full View]
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From: SoftSword on 21st August 2012 06:31 PM [Full View]
ipdilaam encourage pannadheenganu sonnaa kaettadhaanae...
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From: wizzy on 21st August 2012 07:00 PM [Full View]
could some one tweet this to Swann
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 08:32 PM [Full View]
I have to type everything so fast, in order to avoid being caught by my team leader in the office ! Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Even the genuine typos from Paramu are extreme cases of misspelling
It was you who started this crap about misspelling, and you find it funny huh ?
Why don’t you spend time reading "serious threads" to prove a point ?
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 08:33 PM [Full View]
same applies to you as well! Originally Posted by P_R
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 08:34 PM [Full View]
Wizzy, Originally Posted by wizzy
could some one tweet this to Swann
Do you read any threads, apart from Sports, just curious ?
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From: SoftSword on 21st August 2012 08:35 PM [Full View]
lol paramu, now we understand why u use shortforms for Bee Bee Zee instead of writing longforms BBC...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 08:38 PM [Full View]
Read comments above! Originally Posted by SoftSword
lol paramu, now we understand why u use shortforms for Bee Bee Zee instead of writing longforms BBC...
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From: SoftSword on 21st August 2012 08:40 PM [Full View]
i said that after reading ur fast typing situation in office paramu...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 08:42 PM [Full View]
Sorry SS
Not in a good mood today once again sorry If I have offended any one!
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From: SoftSword on 21st August 2012 08:44 PM [Full View]
can understand that paramu... chill...
we know even if u want to, u cannot offend anyone...
take a look at the jilfaans shreya thread...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 09:11 PM [Full View]
Thanks for understanding SS
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From: wizzy on 21st August 2012 09:22 PM [Full View]
nope Originally Posted by PARAMASHIVAN
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 09:28 PM [Full View]
Sorry wizzy for being a bit harsh, I just thought every one was ganging upon me Originally Posted by wizzy
nope
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 21st August 2012 09:49 PM [Full View]
Did you not read my post after England match? Originally Posted by Plum
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From: ajithfederer on 21st August 2012 10:15 PM [Full View]
Michael Vaughan: the Kevin Pietersen issue is a key factor behind England's decline
There are five main reasons why England have slipped from the high of going No1 in the world last year.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...n_2315520b.jpg
1 Over-confidence
England deservedly reached No1, beating India and Australia on their way, but I started to worry when I heard comments from players such as "we are going to be the team of an era" or the "Man United of the cricket world". It was too early - England's legacy was always going to be made or broken in 2012. It was this year when they would be tested by better teams and in difficult Asian conditions where we traditionally struggle.
They have not risen to the pressure of being No?1. Other teams have raised their game to play us and we have not coped with that. I don't think they have been complacent. They have worked as hard as ever but Pakistan and now South Africa have been better in all facets of the game. This series could have been 3-0. South Africa have been that much better. After the first day of the series at the Oval, England were 267 for three. Last year they would have made 550. But the difference has been the quality of the bowling.
South Africa can change the game in an hour. India in 2011 simply had no answers. While England have declined our opponents have improved. England need to regroup but I can't think of a tougher place to do that than India this winter.
2 Batting
England have not made big first-innings scores. Even against the West Indies they struggled. In previous series we have crushed them with the bat. Not this time. There have been too many top-order collapses. We have consistently been 50 for three.
It started on the first morning of the first Test against Pakistan in Dubai. We were 43 for five and it set a trend. When you make big scores it gives the whole team, the bowlers included, a huge lift. But when you are consistently collapsing it drags you down.
We have to acknowledge the bowling attacks have been better. In 2010-11 the Australians were poor. Last summer India lost Zaheer Khan in the first Test and never posed a threat thereafter. But this year we could not unravel the mystery of Saeed Ajmal against Pakistan and the slower pitches in England have caused problems. Our batsmen and bowlers have been found wanting.
3 Swann nullified
The way Graeme Swann has been countered has put enormous pressure on the seamers and as there are only three of them they have had to bowl more and have tired quicker. In 2010-11 Swann could rapidly change a game. But South Africa have used a different technique and now Swann will have to think again about how he bowls in Test cricket. South Africa batted outside off stump and the left-handers played him more with the bat. The result is Swann lost a bit of confidence.
He has taken seven wickets in his past four Tests and he is now going to have to work hard because other teams will copy South Africa. The next tour is to India which is the hardest trip of all for a spinner. He will be expected to bowl India out but they are masters of playing spin.
4 Catching
Pressure can do strange things and one area where it has an impact is catching in the outfield. With the batsmen failing to make big scores, the pressure has been on England to take every opportunity, particularly with their bowlers failing to carve out as many chances. England put down nine catches against South Africa. In Australia 18 months ago they didn't drop a ball. They also knew that if they missed a chance it would not be long before Australia offered up another one. Not so with South Africa and they have grabbed anxiously at chances with hard hands.
5 Pietersen saga
It has simply run on too long and I suspect has been going on far longer behind the scenes. There have been major issues as relationships have broken down in the dressing room between Kevin Pietersen, the England and Wales Cricket Board and the team management. It has festered in the background since he returned from the Indian Premier League. The coach would have had so many meetings about one man.
There will have been other issues to address such as the performance of the team but they have had to spend too much time and energy on KP, deciding whether to drop him, how to discipline him and talk to him. It drains the management and ruins team spirit and unity. That will have to be cleared so they can move forward with or without Kevin. I hope they can get him back in but it will take time. This is still a good set of lads who have a lot of good things going for them. But they have to sort out the KP situation quickly.
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From: ajithfederer on 21st August 2012 10:31 PM [Full View]
Blast from the past
Strauss's England team put the rest of the world to shame
By NASSER HUSSAIN
UPDATED: 22:28 GMT, 3 October 2011
The one thing that always stands out with this England team is how ready they are, how well prepared they are for every big series.
They just look fitter and stronger than every opponent they come across. It is a massive change.
Not so long ago England players would turn up for a Test knackered from their county exertions but now they seem to be rested at the right time and are in perfect shape for the games that really matter.
They look so trim, too, when you compare them, for instance, with many of the India players we saw this summer.
There are seriously good batting talents in and around the England team but bowlers win you games and, at a time when the quality of fast bowling around the world is not what it was, England have a crop that other countries can only dream of fielding.
Whether it is in Australia with the Kookaburra ball or against India at home on flat pitches with a Duke, the England bowlers have the necessary skills to make an impact. And the depth, too.
When Steven Finn played in one-day internationals towards the end of the summer he was quick and hostile. So much so that the Indian commentators said to me, 'Where has he been?'
Look at England in practice. They put the opposition to shame. They are full of intensity, which translates to success on the field. There is consistency and continuity to England's selections that previous generations can only envy.
Once a player is regarded as a proper international then he is backed to the hilt. Look at Alastair Cook in 2010 and Stuart Broad this year. A few years ago they would have been banished after a run of poor form but the selectors stuck with them and they came good spectacularly.
It is not a closed shop, either, as opportunities given to the next generation towards the end of the summer and in the tour party to India have shown.
Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, James Taylor, Scott Borthwick, Stuart Meaker, Alex Hales and others are all gaining, and in most cases taking, their senior chances having come through the system.
I like the rotation policy, too. When a senior player is left out for any period they come back fresh and perhaps with a point to prove to keep the younger players at bay.
Kevin Pietersen must perform in India while Jimmy Anderson will be raring to go when the team go to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to play Pakistan in January.
The absolute key - 100 per cent - has been the Andy Flower-Andrew Strauss combination. They are solid and together in everything they do and, importantly, are very good guys.
When they talk everyone listens and I have never known them say anything to make themselves look better. It is the way Mike Atherton was in my day. Totally unselfish. And players respond to that.
Crucially, though, there is a lot more money around now. The players have everything they need. But it is one thing having money and another spending it well.
The ECB have spent it on good people and the counties have bought into what England are doing. England want more success. And they will need Australia, India and South Africa, to name three, to improve and push them as hard as they can.
We want to see good battles for the health of the game, but we still want England to come out on top. And it looks as though they will for some time yet.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cri...#ixzz24CUzelBa
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 21st August 2012 11:00 PM [Full View]
This is unbearable. SS, you have failed in your duty
Paramu
Let me spell it out.
1. Everybody here, all of us, know that you are NOT a supporter of England. We know the English media and public have deeply scarred you with their hype and excessive praise
2. What everyone is saying now is this: by constantly talking against England you are inadvertently, unwittingly, unknowingly jinxing the opponents of Engalnd, helping them win
3. Obviously, they do not BELIEVE that you are an England supporter (though some may actually be tempted to believe) Please see the previous point
4. Plum IS NOT an England supporter
5. Plum IS NOT an England supporter. He is attempting to jinx England by showering praises on them
6. Going back to points 2,3 after you battered this thread with anti-England posts and taunts, apparently England almost won (I hope you don't reply saying they didn't donut because of you but only because of what happened on the field
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From: Bala (Karthik) on 21st August 2012 11:02 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by SoftSword
Asaathiya porumai
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From: SoftSword on 22nd August 2012 02:55 AM [Full View]
porumaya patthi yaaru pesaradhu
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From: ajithfederer on 22nd August 2012 09:11 AM [Full View]
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 22nd August 2012 03:00 PM [Full View]
Good chance for KP to join Saffers , and once he does SA will be one Formidable force .
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From: wizzy on 22nd August 2012 03:01 PM [Full View]
Jimmy on wake-up call
note this point your honour
"It was a huge wake-up call for this bowing attack," Anderson admitted. "When you get to No.1 you can start believing your own hype and your own press. When people say you are a great bowling attack you can start believing that and this is a huge wake-up call in this series.no Cheroot"We got to No.1 in the world with this team and Straussy leading this team. I don't see why we can't do it again. Especially with a couple of new guys coming in it is an important phase letting them settle into the team. I thought JB was exceptional this week and he showed real signs of being a world class player. It is exciting we have guys like that coming into the team. We know what it takes to get there so hopefully we can do it again."Could we do it without Kevin Pietersen? I don't see why not. We have seen we have talented guys coming through. If he doesn't play Test cricket against it would be a huge loss because he is such a devastating player but I don't see why we can't. We have enough talent there to get back to No.1.] wish they walk the talk and tour India w/o KP.
Jimmy for manning up and taking all the blame wish the guilty parties Strauss/Bell/Cook had the cojones
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/578724.html
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From: SoftSword on 22nd August 2012 03:14 PM [Full View]
idha pOnavaaram sollirundhaa remba positive'a irundhiruppaen... Originally Posted by ajithfederer
20 August 2012
Team Matches Points Rating
South Africa 25 3002 120
England 36 4195 117
Australia 34 3952 116
Pakistan 29 3148 109
India 29 3004 104
Sri Lanka 29 2834 98
West Indies 28 2509 90
New Zealand 21 1670 80
Bangladesh 12 0 0
Zimbabwe is currently unranked, as it has played insufficient matches. It has 167 points and a rating of 42.
There is a golden chance for India to become Number 1 if the scenario works out in its favor. If Aus defeats SA and India defeats both Aus and Eng in home they can be back to No 1 again. This cycle of events should be interesting
payapulla thunda odharittu nadaya kattittaan...
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From: P_R on 22nd August 2012 03:21 PM [Full View]
GM to VAM in iLavarasan: idhaiyE dhaan nee nEththum sonne
Bell-ku illAdha cojones-A?
He was the first one to make such a statement after the Dubai disaster.
aanaa veRum kaaththu dhaan 'nga varudhu. Performance varamAttEngudhu..
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 22nd August 2012 06:42 PM [Full View]
What cojones? You mean this one? Originally Posted by P_R
Well done SA. Probably the least hated No 1 team ever?
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From: P_R on 22nd August 2012 06:55 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
idhellAm andhandha tayathula solleeraNum, illainA pEsarudhu vAippu kidaikkAdhu.
India-vula jeyichadhum ennevellAm pEsappOrOm pArunga. Dubai-nu oru idam irundhadhaagavO, anga oru sambavam nadandhadhaagavO...
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From: SoftSword on 22nd August 2012 07:47 PM [Full View]
Eng 2-0 with one match washed-out sooluraittha madhiriyaa idhu...? Originally Posted by P_R
idhellAm andhandha tayathula solleeraNum, illainA pEsarudhu vAippu kidaikkAdhu.
India-vula jeyichadhum ennevellAm pEsappOrOm pArunga. Dubai-nu oru idam irundhadhaagavO, anga oru sambavam nadandhadhaagavO...
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From: P_R on 22nd August 2012 07:53 PM [Full View]
:Auuuuuuuu: Originally Posted by SoftSword
Eng 2-0 with one match washed-out sooluraittha madhiriyaa idhu...?
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From: SoftSword on 22nd August 2012 07:57 PM [Full View]
nextu meet panren.. munnave sonna madhiri padupaavippaya vaera... veetla thitraanga kabadi velaada varamudiyadhunu soltaan..
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From: wizzy on 22nd August 2012 08:39 PM [Full View]
mine would be Butcher/Tresco/Cook/Knight
Cook never comes across as a batsman who is in absolute control of things..lingers around as a prime lbw candidate or about to get caught behind by not reaching to a full delivery...even @ 150+ runs he plays those coverdrives tentatively..surkama sollanumna I never get the pheeling he is in the zone.
Cook reminds me of Neil Fairbrother in this regard.
Thilan was a offie when he started out so to expect pure batting sensibilities in him is your fault
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From: wizzy on 22nd August 2012 08:53 PM [Full View]
Flower expects the contract negotiations to be completed at around the same time that England name their squad for the India tour, which he said would be before the team leave for their defence of the World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka on 13 September – without Pietersen, whose omission from that squad was confirmed on Tuesday before he made 43 from 43 balls for Surrey in a CB40 match against Glamorgan at The Oval.
That leaves Pietersen less than three weeks to convince the England camp that he is genuinely contrite for the texts and committed to putting all forms of international cricket ahead of his lucrative Indian Premier League contract, as he has recently insisted. Flower said that confirming the contents of the texts would be the necessary first step for that, revealing that so far the only apology has come from his agent to the England and Wales Cricket Board. He also stressed there are "a number of unresolved issues", suggesting that making peace with Strauss would be only a starting point for a possible route back into the team.Flower also took his share of responsibility for allowing the relationship between Pietersen and the rest of the team to deteriorate to the point where he had to be excluded, specifically for not tackling the issue of the spoof KP Genius Twitter account which amused several England players largely because the real KP struggled to see the funny side of it.
"I could have nipped that in the bud earlier," said Flower. "[But] let's just be perfectly clear on the severity of the situation. There is one thing a few players having a giggle at a Twitter account, there is another on some of the issues that we have seen rear their heads over the last two weeks. I don't think text messages from an England player to South African players with some of the content I've heard that is in them is my responsibility."The issue is not specifically between the captain and Pietersen. There are a number of unresolved issues and it would be inaccurate to judge it as just an issue between those two."There are certain behaviours that are unacceptable and I think we've seen some of that just recently. So to move forward we must get over those hurdles."
suffice to say KP won't be touring India
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ntract-strauss
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From: SoftSword on 22nd August 2012 09:33 PM [Full View]
oru rendu moonu naal pOgattum apram savaal endha sizela udradhunu mudivu pannikkalaam.. Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
oru varusham kudhichu practice pannaalum mudiyaadhu saar. enga area/theru/veetukku vaa(nga) paakkalaam.
Anticipatory bail : adhukkunnu 4-0 laam edhirpaakka koodadhu. andha maadhiri adidhadi arasiyal panna theriyaadhu engalukku.
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From: P_R on 22nd August 2012 11:43 PM [Full View]
Bail granted. Originally Posted by wizzy
would be so fun if Eng fail to beat this weakest Indian team of all time.
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From: Puliyan_Biryani on 23rd August 2012 09:30 AM [Full View]
Originally Posted by SoftSword
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From: wizzy on 23rd August 2012 12:51 PM [Full View]
money on pudhu mappillai Cookbtw yaar leave pOduradhu?
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From: P_R on 24th August 2012 11:43 AM [Full View]
ODI-la first
T20-la second
Top ranks thavira edhuvumE vaanguradhu illai pOla irukkE
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From: P_R on 24th August 2012 12:10 PM [Full View]
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/579066.html"I don't think we feel like No. 1," he said. "It was something we were aiming for a bit later on. We've got such a long way to go." - Captain Cook
enna bhavyam..enna bhavyam
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From: wizzy on 24th August 2012 02:01 PM [Full View]
ESS trolling ECB
ESS*, who hold the broadcast rights for ICC tournaments, said on Friday that Pietersen would be on their 'presentation and analysis team' during the marquee tournament. Players have done commentary stints on series they've had to miss through injury but this could be the first time a player omitted in such controversial circumstances will be at the mike.
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From: P_R on 24th August 2012 02:18 PM [Full View]
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 24th August 2012 02:49 PM [Full View]
Folks
Heavy rain in Cardiff today together with strong winds, so play may not be possible today, looks like Indran and Vayu decided to help England yet again
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From: littlemaster1982 on 25th August 2012 08:10 PM [Full View]
In Pyramid Natarajan's words - "Kankolla kaatchi" " Originally Posted by VinodKumar's
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From: P_R on 25th August 2012 11:31 PM [Full View]
dharmaththin vaazhvudhanai soodhu kavvum <pause> adhan pin dharmam maNNai kavvum Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
In Pyramid Natarajan's words - "Kankolla kaatchi" "
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From: 19thmay on 26th August 2012 12:45 AM [Full View]
Right, so England's weakness against quality pace bowling attack is exposed.
Apparam England strong lower order pathi pesineengale, onnum illadha Philander-ey aruvadhu run-a sumaa thatti thatti eduthaapla what happened to Swann, Broad? Bowling attack P.Kumar, V.Kumar, I. Sharma-na ellarum oru 100 potrupaanga.
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From: ajithfederer on 26th August 2012 11:31 AM [Full View]
Somebody post Aandi poo pic please!!!
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From: littlemaster1982 on 27th August 2012 10:35 AM [Full View]
@mohanstatsman 10 mins
As no 1 Test side: INDIA 22 mts, 9 wins, 7 losses, 6 drawn (win% 40.91) and ENGLAND 11 mts, 3 wins, 6 losses, 2 drawn (win% 27.27)
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From: P_R on 28th August 2012 01:47 PM [Full View]
County cricket to get into tests, rather than play IPL - Morgan http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ry/579659.html
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From: wizzy on 28th August 2012 02:04 PM [Full View]
JP Morgan was benched for the most part in the last IPL and now he sings a different tune to please ECB/Andy...these mercenaries..no sanskruti no culture
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From: P_R on 28th August 2012 03:32 PM [Full View]
Whateva...IPL-ai purakkaNichadhukku oru
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From: ajithfederer on 28th August 2012 03:45 PM [Full View]
The guys at ICF
Breaking News : SMS from KP to MSD " Prepare low turners, play 2 or 3 First class spinners. Win 4-0. And strauss is a MC/BC. Looking forward to beating CSK this year "
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From: wizzy on 28th August 2012 04:02 PM [Full View]
P_R, JP Morgon is Raina lite..when he realizes his lack of test credentials he will be back to the hood..avana nambi ellam ticket edukathingae
AF, yam hoping ESS gets KP for Eng tour of India..KP dissecting English bats technique or lack of it against spin will be sure shot box-office.
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From: ajithfederer on 28th August 2012 04:04 PM [Full View]
Actually when is SA touring India for Tests???. I know India is going there in 2014/15 before ODI WC but there seems to be no hint of us facing SA in home. I checked ICC FTP but there is no SA in Ind tour before next WC
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From: P_R on 28th August 2012 04:47 PM [Full View]
I have actually found him quite unimpressive. Originally Posted by wizzy
P_R, JP Morgon is Raina lite..when he realizes his lack of test credentials he will be back to the hood..avana nambi ellam ticket edukathingae
AF, yam hoping ESS gets KP for Eng tour of India..KP dissecting English bats technique or lack of it against spin will be sure shot box-office.
Sachin picked him as 'player to watch out for in the WC'
So, avanukkellAm aadharavu kidaiyAdhu. I yam only stance-ku aadharavu. Issue based support
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From: ajithfederer on 28th August 2012 08:10 PM [Full View]
Nobody followin Eng SA 2nd ODI???
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ch/534229.html
Amla nearing yet another ODI 100.
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From: VinodKumar's on 28th August 2012 08:13 PM [Full View]
Just following Amla. Payapulla pattaya kelaputhu.
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From: ajithfederer on 28th August 2012 08:16 PM [Full View]
100 years Vinod. Was just thinkin of u. Aamla rasigara kaanomennu
Gets his 100. If he makes 119 today he will go down in history as the fastest to 3,000 ODI runs.
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From: VinodKumar's on 28th August 2012 08:21 PM [Full View]
Originally Posted by ajithfederer
Aamla rasigara kaanomennu
Gets his 100. If he makes 119 today he will go down in history as the fastest to 3,000 ODI runs.. Namakku Amla-va wizzy thaan introduce pannivittaru. Yeah antha 3000 runs pathi thaan cricinfo la pechu.
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From: VinodKumar's on 28th August 2012 08:22 PM [Full View]
Appuram payapulla Dravid kudutha respect paathu mariyaathai koodiruchu.
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From: ajithfederer on 28th August 2012 08:24 PM [Full View]
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From: lmkbabu on 28th August 2012 08:34 PM [Full View]
Amla made fastest 3000 ODI runs in jus 59 matches..
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From: ajaybaskar on 28th August 2012 08:56 PM [Full View]
Amla, in his initial days, lacked the footwork. I thought he was going to be SA's Sadagopan Ramesh. But he has improved over the years and look what he is now.
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From: lmkbabu on 28th August 2012 08:58 PM [Full View]
Well done Amla 150
nd alas.. out..
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From: VinodKumar's on 28th August 2012 09:03 PM [Full View]
Amla. Menmelum valara vazhthukkal.
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From: VinodKumar's on 28th August 2012 09:04 PM [Full View]
He should have played at least 1 over against Malinga Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
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From: 19thmay on 28th August 2012 09:15 PM [Full View]
Amla he is becoming a legend. I am sure he will go places due to his discipline, working on his weakness, control of his temperament etc.. I never thought he can score run a ball.
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From: hamid on 28th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
Just turned on the tv and what a sight to see cook's stumps uprooted in the very first over :waare waah:
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From: 19thmay on 28th August 2012 09:47 PM [Full View]
Cook
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From: ajaybaskar on 28th August 2012 09:50 PM [Full View]
Cook cooked.
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From: 19thmay on 28th August 2012 09:58 PM [Full View]
Plum why tension yaaruku reply pannitrukeenga, onnum purila!
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From: lmkbabu on 28th August 2012 10:02 PM [Full View]
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From: hamid on 28th August 2012 10:13 PM [Full View]
19th, plum was answering to pr...this discussion is going on for some time and mist of us who follow cricket threads are silently following the discussion ( except for wizzy and af)....
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From: 19thmay on 28th August 2012 11:00 PM [Full View]
Plum please create a separate thread about Anti-ECCB/Brits things and have a healthy argument with P_R and your followers over their. Occasional-la sanda pottukiteenga-na paravala, always-a sutha bore and you people are spoiling the flow of this thread.
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From: Plum on 28th August 2012 11:03 PM [Full View]
have a healthy argument with P_R and your followers over their. Occasional-la sanda pottukiteenga-na paravala, always-a sutha bore and you - idhu yAru?
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From: wizzy on 28th August 2012 11:11 PM [Full View]
Duminy turning it square Eng preparing for India tour already
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From: 19thmay on 28th August 2012 11:14 PM [Full View]
check Hamid's post. Originally Posted by Plum
- idhu yAru?
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From: CEDYBLUE on 28th August 2012 11:16 PM [Full View]
Morgan and Kiews - last hope for Eng! SA well and truly on top
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From: 19thmay on 29th August 2012 12:05 AM [Full View]
This looks bad now, guys cant you take your debate somewhere. Being a moderator, P_R you should know this, you are derailing the thread.
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From: 19thmay on 29th August 2012 12:05 AM [Full View]
And if you guys still continue even after this I am going to step out of this section.
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From: 19thmay on 29th August 2012 12:08 AM [Full View]
Morgan and Patel building back
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From: wizzy on 29th August 2012 12:14 AM [Full View]
no Kallis in the squad..tests have really bruised his/fans ego
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From: 19thmay on 29th August 2012 12:20 AM [Full View]
Kallis has stomach upset, sitting in bench. Now whats the problem?
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From: wizzy on 29th August 2012 12:24 AM [Full View]
stomach upset expectantly
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From: mgb on 29th August 2012 09:31 AM [Full View]
Originally Posted by P_R
Whateva...IPL-ai purakkaNichadhukku oru
idhellaam oru thErthal
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From: wizzy on 29th August 2012 09:53 AM [Full View]
Strauss could call it quits
The subject of the media conference was not confirmed by the ECB, but several English newspapers reported Strauss was likely to step down. Strauss took a break following the Test series against South Africa and was expected to return for Middlesex this week for their Championship match against Worcestershire. He, however, withdrew from the side to extend his family holiday.
Strauss, 35, played his hundredth Test at Lord's against South Africa and after the loss he said he still had "a lot of desire" but did not categorically declare his intention to continue leading the side. Strauss said at the time he was keen to take a break and then discuss the future with the coach Andy Flower.
Graeme Smith is one big 7 1/2 for Eng captains
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From: P_R on 29th August 2012 11:05 AM [Full View]
Sorry Sridhar.I've split it out now.
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From: scorpio on 29th August 2012 11:24 AM [Full View]
Cricinfo:
South Africa became the first side to be ranked No. 1 in all three formats and did it in fitting style, with a crushing 80-run victory in the second one-day international to end England's run of 10 consecutive wins.
nijamaavaa? With one ODI win SA has toppled Eng as the No-1 ODI side?
Anyway, Congrats SA
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From: wizzy on 29th August 2012 01:28 PM [Full View]
Strauss's record in India is Amlasque hope he retires
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 29th August 2012 03:28 PM [Full View]
Samaiylkaran and Co
Amalan
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From: wizzy on 29th August 2012 03:58 PM [Full View]
Telegraph's coverage of Strauss press meet..Swann to skipper the side
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...tain-live.html
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 29th August 2012 04:03 PM [Full View]
Kieswetter is England's Kamran Akmal
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From: wizzy on 29th August 2012 04:33 PM [Full View]
manasthan Strauss
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From: SoftSword on 29th August 2012 04:34 PM [Full View]
theertthadharasi... Originally Posted by wizzy
Strauss's record in India is Amlasque hope he retires
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From: ajithfederer on 29th August 2012 05:16 PM [Full View]
So Graeme smith is 3 in 3 on ousting England captains.
2004 - Usain (The famous quote "whats his name before 1st test @ edgbaston)
2008 - Mikkael vaseline vaughan
2012- Andrew strauss.
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From: ajithfederer on 29th August 2012 05:40 PM [Full View]
Adhai than rendu naala kettutu irukken. BCCI do the needful
Originally Posted by wizzy
^when does he tour India
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From: ajithfederer on 29th August 2012 06:07 PM [Full View]
I've posted this link before. This prediction tool is actually fun where you try out various permutations/combinations.
http://www.icc-cricket.com/match_zon..._predictor.php
India gets 2 pts if they defeat NZ 2-0/
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From: P_R on 1st September 2012 08:11 AM [Full View]
England reclaims ODI World No. 1 spot
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From: P_R on 2nd September 2012 10:56 PM [Full View]
Handed the Saffers another defeat. Where the deuce was a this last month. Eththanai pEr kitte pEcchu vaangavENdiyadhA pOchchu. Kamaan crush 'em.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 3rd September 2012 03:04 PM [Full View]
Just wait, there is still another Match to go Originally Posted by P_R
England reclaims ODI World No. 1 spot
Saffers will bounce back
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From: ajithfederer on 3rd September 2012 06:12 PM [Full View]
126
53
41
75
69
4
26*
45
12
88
Bell's numbers as an opener.....
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From: wizzy on 3rd September 2012 07:00 PM [Full View]
^another ATG in the making..check his test stats for this year
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From: lmkbabu on 4th September 2012 01:27 PM [Full View]
The yesterday loss of SA push India to 2nd rank in ODI nd SA down to 3rd rank 
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From: ajithfederer on 5th September 2012 12:30 PM [Full View]
Ayya adhu engalukku theriyadha!!. orutharai paarata vidunga.
I hope England go on to win the 4th ODI as well. I want chaos everywhere. No side should be consistent 1 in all formats. Camaan England.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ch/534232.html
Originally Posted by wizzy
^another ATG in the making..check his test stats for this year
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From: ajithfederer on 5th September 2012 12:33 PM [Full View]
Ayya adhu engalukku theriyadha!!. orutharai paarata vidunga.
I hope England go on to win the 4th ODI as well. I want chaos everywhere. No side should be consistent 1 in all formats. Camaan England.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-...ch/534232.html
Originally Posted by wizzy
^another ATG in the making..check his test stats for this year
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From: wizzy on 5th September 2012 01:00 PM [Full View]
adhellam mudiyathuAyya adhu engalukku theriyadha!!. orutharai paarata vidunga stats are skewed..classic case of fairweather batsmen..what has he done in odies (outside of Eng)
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From: P_R on 5th September 2012 01:20 PM [Full View]
World Cup-la reNdoru match nallA viLayAdinAn. Including the India match.
Strauss
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From: wizzy on 5th September 2012 01:39 PM [Full View]
you could muster only 2 knocks..stats'layum edam porul eval seval ellam pakkanumWorld Cup-la reNdoru match nallA viLayAdinAn those 2 knocks were @ Bangalore where even Struass got 150 and the other one was against IRE..went AWOL @ Chennai/Chittakong in true subcontinental conditions...this guy hasn't even scored a 100 outside of Eng..rest my case
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From: P_R on 5th September 2012 01:55 PM [Full View]
Of course, avanukku ticket ellAm edukkalai. nyAbahaththai chonnEn.
'Even Strauss' ! appo Chepauk dabil hundreds ellAm panju muttAyA?
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From: wizzy on 5th September 2012 02:18 PM [Full View]
we are talking odies here where Strauss craps also less said about that Chepauk wicket the betterappo Chepauk dabil hundreds ellAm panju muttAyA?
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From: ajithfederer on 5th September 2012 02:22 PM [Full View]
Yov, Those are his stats as an opener. They are good. Even if its in England only payyan kodutha kariyathai romba nallave senjirukan kinda appreciation.
Originally Posted by wizzy
adhellam mudiyathu stats are skewed..classic case of fairweather batsmen..what has he done in odies (outside of Eng)
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From: wizzy on 5th September 2012 03:12 PM [Full View]
neenga evolvu nallavaraEven if its in England only payyan kodutha kariyathai romba nallave senjirukan kinda appreciation.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 5th September 2012 03:56 PM [Full View]
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From: Plum on 5th September 2012 09:28 PM [Full View]
Fan boy speak. pOna mAsam Test team. adhu veRA format. South Africavukku adhula veLANda Kallis idhula illai. Steyn is less effective in ODI format. Originally Posted by P_R
naisA, ennamO pOna mAsam Englandukku form leavela pOnadhAla dhAn thOthA mAdhiri oru effect kodukkaRadhu
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From: Plum on 5th September 2012 09:29 PM [Full View]
And SA's ODI team is vastly different. adhukkum(test) idhukkum(ODI) sambandhamE illai. Fan boy, fanboy
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 5th September 2012 09:55 PM [Full View]
SA
I am warning you, Don't insult us this much
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...er_791872c.jpg
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From: hamid on 5th September 2012 11:03 PM [Full View]
hmm.... ivanungala nambi ticket edutha ellarukkum....
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From: wizzy on 5th September 2012 11:33 PM [Full View]
Faf is the latest addition to CSK's assembly line of FTBs who get showed up outside of roads
P.S no wonder K_G likes this guy
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From: hamid on 6th September 2012 12:55 AM [Full View]
Amlava nambi ethana ticket vena edukkalaam pola
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From: VinodKumar's on 6th September 2012 01:25 AM [Full View]
Amla. What a time he is having . Wish him to continue this form.
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From: lmkbabu on 6th September 2012 10:07 AM [Full View]
Amla vs Kohli in future...
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 6th September 2012 02:33 PM [Full View]
Amalan
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From: P_R on 6th September 2012 03:04 PM [Full View]
Flau, dibarens ellAm theriyin. Originally Posted by Plum
Fan boy speak. pOna mAsam Test team. adhu veRA format. South Africavukku adhula veLANda Kallis idhula illai. Steyn is less effective in ODI format.
naisA, ennamO pOna mAsam Englandukku form leavela pOnadhAla dhAn thOthA mAdhiri oru effect kodukkaRadhu
Did you see Anderson bowl last Friday. He was sizzling like the Anderson of yore (an entity who you may claim never existed).
Even yesterday's match he was bowling quite well.
This kind of mojo was conspicuously absent in the test series - neenga oththukittA oththukkunga, oththukkAtti pOnga.
Trott played silapala absolutely glorious shots in the match last Friday and even the last match (of which I only saw highlights).
So much so that I will punch the table claim the right to wistfully muse 'if only Trott had played yesterday...3-1 emphatic reclamation of the top-spot, veedu-AC, AC-yO AC..etc.
For the nth time:
1 England were outplayed by SA in the Test series is true.
2 They didn't play their best is also true.
3 Credit to SA for that is also true.
idhula enna unga prachchanai?
Unlike teams that say 'we didn't have our best players', I am merely saying Eng didn't play to their best. Why are you bent upon taking this as an 'escape route'? In fact it is as outright an admission of failure as it gets. Nah.. nothing short of 'England were always shite, they did play out of their skin and were still beaten by SA' seems palatable to you. adhukku oNNiyum seyya mudiyAdhu.
badhil sollaNumnA andha saNdai thread-la sollunga, Sridhar kOchukkapORaar.
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From: wizzy on 6th September 2012 05:59 PM [Full View]
edhu nalla eruka after the horse has bolted we see 'sizzling' Jimmy and 'glamorous' Trott unga analogy padi paartha Raina who was looking million dollars during odi leg of Eng tour/Pathan who wrecked SL in odies should be automatic choices for our next overseas tour//
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From: Plum on 6th September 2012 09:48 PM [Full View]
Exactly Wizzuy - he is not even realising how far deep he is going into " engal mass actor pudhu directorai vechE hit koduthAr; hit director irundhirundhA" territory.
Epdi irukkunnA:
" engaalunga kambiya pidikkaamalE jeyippAnga. AnAl kambiya pidikkAdhadhAla dhAn thothAnga. ippO kambi pidichadhum jeyichAnga pArthEengaLA? adhanaala dhaan solREN, kambiya pidikkaamale jeyippAnga? kambiya pidichu jeyichadhu dhaan kambiya pidikkaama jeyippangangaradhukku proof".
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From: Plum on 6th September 2012 09:50 PM [Full View]
ODI Pitches ! = Test Pitches
ODI Teams are different
Format is different
Pressures are different
It is not as if Anderson was just out of form last month and suddenly regained it now. He has been good against lesser teams than the South African test team even before. It is the superiority of the SA test team that rendered him ineffective. This happened via SA showing infinite patience while batting. In ODIs, patience doesnt work so they had to go after him so the same kind of bowling is more lethal in ODIs.
Ofcourse, when that happens, he takes wickets in ODIS, and it looks like he is bowling better than in Tests.
idhellaam baala paadam. avarukku theriyaadhadhillai. England pOla excuse kodukkaRavanga yArumE illai. EdhAvadhu tweedle dum tweedle dee pEchu
Net-net - you werent good enough to retain your ranking for 1 year.
Ofcourse, India tourla jeyippInga but "Nee oru veeranai adichirundhA... vengala kinnam etc"
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From: P_R on 6th September 2012 11:24 PM [Full View]
He was moving the ball well and bowling snorters - well nigh absent in the tests. It's as simple as that.
It's not like I am discounting how good SA were. Anderson was thoroughly listless. You dot see any difference in the inherently and hopelessly subjective aesthetic appreciation of 'how' he's bowling?
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From: Plum on 7th September 2012 08:45 AM [Full View]
So, what is your conclusion? His form was just coincidentally abssent last month? And suddenly it appeared again this month? So, England were just unlucky last month to lose the test series like that?
appO hear this, India just coincidentally lost Sachin's, Garbhajan's and Sehwag's form in 2011 August-October. That is why India lost 4-0. 2011-la nallA adichAngaLE(keNathukuLLa irundhappO) - adhuvum thennAppirikkAla Sachin pOtta aattam. Just by chance Chachin out of form so India lost. England nallaa veLAyAdiNAnga but India also played poorly below potential. nAnga kaNdi potentialku veLANdirundhA....
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From: ajithfederer on 7th September 2012 08:56 AM [Full View]
P_r your observations are chilllyyyy
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From: ajithfederer on 7th September 2012 09:44 AM [Full View]
P_r some england clips for u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUtsfaZO8yM&feature=channel&list=UL
England v South Africa 2003 First Test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QYctmLrGJc&feature=channel&list=UL
England v South Africa 2003 Second Test
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From: wizzy on 7th September 2012 10:38 AM [Full View]
If anything Amla was most troubled by Chavi Bopara who reverse swinged the ball(as per Sky commies) would the series result been different had he played tests Jimmy made mincemeat of newbies in Saffer odi team and all those sizzlers were noticebly absent against Amla/Abdv.
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From: 19thmay on 7th September 2012 11:57 AM [Full View]
Amla average is 59.55 and SR 91.72 in ODI's. Currently he is number two in the highest average list and should surpass Doeschate [67.00]. Netherlander topping this table without playing much against biggies looks weird. He is 32 and I don't think that he would play much. If he retires then there is all possibility that he would permanent #1 as far as ODI is concerned.
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From: P_R on 11th September 2012 07:07 PM [Full View]
Match abandoned 5 balls before England would have lost it on Duckworth Lewis.
Match referee Pycroft is a colleague of coach Andy Flower
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From: Plum on 11th September 2012 08:56 PM [Full View]
5 balls 10 to win - England might have won, too. Pycroft's road - given the benefit of doubt
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From: P_R on 13th September 2012 02:20 PM [Full View]
11 overs a side. 10 wickets to lose.
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From: PARAMASHIVAN on 13th September 2012 02:51 PM [Full View]
Ingleesh Media (Sky news) started their Saxon Mantra already about the T20WC ! Just because they won the last match againts SA, they started to feel "Big headed" yet again and started to blow their conch stating that , they are the favourites for the Finals! Do Elizabeth's boys realise they have no chance of doing that in "runway" pitches in Chee langa ??
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From: 19thmay on 13th September 2012 05:03 PM [Full View]
P_R - You followed T20?
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From: P_R on 13th September 2012 05:32 PM [Full View]
kolai, koLLai, kaRpazhippu news ellAm padichchu therinjukkuRa mAdhiri.
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From: wizzy on 14th September 2012 10:57 AM [Full View]
at last some sanity prevails
One man who insists that Pietersen should be included is Darren Gough, the former England fast bowler who played with Cook at Essex and was best man at Pietersen's wedding. He accepts that Pietersen's behaviour in recent months has fallen below acceptable standards but Gough believes that others players in the squad have also been at fault and that the time has now come to "shake hands and get on with it".
"There has been some immaturity on both sides," Gough told ESPNcricinfo. "There are issues with the parody Twitter account - I think it's obvious that players were involved in that - and there are issues with things that were written in players' books about Kevin that were just not right. But at the same time, some of Kevin's words have not been acceptable. Everyone knows that.
all set for good ol somersault glad Andy is shown his place
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-...ry/582093.html"Alastair Cook has come in. He's an ambitious new captain and he wants to win. And so he should. So he's come in determined to take the best side he can to India. He knows - we all know - that Kevin is in the best team. I'm very hopeful he'll be in the team now and I definitely think he should be."
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From: Plum on 14th September 2012 10:21 PM [Full View]
Darren Gough - Wizzy, idhula oru uLkuthtu irukku.
When Graeme Swann was first seldcted in 1999 under Fletcher/Hussain, he went to Zimbabwe along with Gough and others. appO nadandha uLnAttu kalagaththula, Gough punched Swann in the face it seems. adhukkappuRam, Swann andha dressing roomla paNNina azhichAtiyathAla, he lost favour with Hussain/Fletcher(although Gough and Hussain werent the best of friends either) and was unceremoniously dumped back into County Cricket. Andy Flower vandhu thottappuRam dhAn Swannukku sAba vimochanam keddaichudhu
indha Graeme Swann England dressing roomla kalagam paNNa sariyAna AL pOlirukku - idhukkAgavE England avanai select paNnikittE irukkaNum kadavuLE!
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From: wizzy on 15th September 2012 01:02 AM [Full View]
just can't blame Gough..Swann really got a punch-worthy face should be some ullkuthu which had Fletcher punting on a hack like Giles/Monty/Udal over Swann or Swann should be one ATG late bloomer.
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From: wizzy on 18th September 2012 01:24 PM [Full View]
Kuyila pudichu kundil adachu. Kuva solgira ulagam
Nick Compton to replace KP
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cri...-of-India.html
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From: wizzy on 18th September 2012 03:55 PM [Full View]
Compton might get a game with Bell taking paternity leave during Mumbai test.16-man Test squad
Alastair Cook (captain) Essex, James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Nick Compton (Somerset), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Graham Onions (Durham), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Monty Panesar (Sussex), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire), Matt Prior (Sussex), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)
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From: Plum on 18th September 2012 09:50 PM [Full View]
Not bad. Compton is an attai at crease. With Dhoni's captaincy, avan 20 thottavunE, all fielders 10 steps back anupichuruvAr Dhoni. avan poRumaiyA nAL muzhukka veLaaduvAn with Cook and Trott.
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From: wizzy on 18th September 2012 11:07 PM [Full View]
KP doing punditry on Star cricket hope ESS extends his contract for India tour